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TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1944-12-10. GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY, COMMANDER- IN- CHIEF, ALLIED FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, (11), INSPECTING THE GUARD OF HONOUR PROVIDED BY NO.22 PLATOON, F ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. SERGEANT L. HESELHUHN, (1), AND PRIVATE C. WILLIAMS, (2), MEMBERS OF THE 182 INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY, CHATTING WITH PTE S. PICKERING, (3); ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. HMAS KANIMBLA, (LEFT), AND HMAS MANOORA, (RIGHT), IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY VIEWED FROM HMAS WESTRALIA

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. NO. 1 GUN TEAM, D TROOP, 5 FIELD BATTERY, 2 FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, MANHANDLE COCONUT LOGS DURING THE REINFORCEMENT OF 25 POUNDER GUN ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-06. A SECTION OF THE CONVOY IN EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY VIEWED FROM HMAS WESTRALIA

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. THE MOTOR TRANSPORT SHOP, 126 BRIGADE WORKSHOP SHOWING TROOPS ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. D TROOP, 5 FIELD BATTERY, 2 FIELD REGIMENT GUNNERS DIGGING GUN PITS FOR 25 POUNDER GUNS. THE SHELLS AT THE FOREGROUND ARE DRYING AFTER BEING SWAMPED IN A ..

WUNUNG PLANTATION, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1944-12-08. CAPTAIN C.H. JENKINS, (6), WITH HIS MEN AT THE JENKINS DAM, WHICH HOLDS 20,000 GALLONS AND SUPPLIES HQ 5 DIVISION BY PIPELINE. THE DAM WAS ..

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. STORES TRUCKS CONTAINING UNIT EXPENSE STORES, SPECIAL TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS POSITIONED AT THE 126 BRIGADE WORKSHOP TEMPORARY CAMP ..

SUAIN PLANTATION, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-09. CAPTAIN A.R. TOLMER, NEW GUINEAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AT BATTALION HQ, 2/4 INFANTRY BN. AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE 2/22 INF BN CAPTURED DURING THE JAPANESE ..

BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. A 15 INFANTRY BATTALION JEEP TRAVERSING THE BEACH ROAD BETWEEN TAGESSI RIVER AND JABA RIVER, THE MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE TO THE BATTALION

TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1944-12-09. A PORTION OF THE GENERAL FITTING SHOP, 126 BRIGADE WORKSHOP AT A TEMPORARY CAMP SITE UNTIL CONDITIONS PERMIT TRANSFER TO AN ESTABLISHED ..