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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-08. CORPORAL I.M. BARNETT (1) AND PRIVATE E.M. LEE (2), WHO WERE FIRST AND SECOND PRIZE WINNERS IN THE MOST ORIGINAL COSTUME SECTION OF THE FANCY DRESS PARTY HELD BY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-08. PRIVATE V. KING AS MABEL AND PRIVATE M. MORGAN AS DAVE, WHO WERE JUDGED THE BEST HUMOUROUS PAIR DURING THE FANCY DRESS PARTY HELD BY MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-09. A GROUP OF ANGLICAN CHAPLAINS OUTSIDE THE PATTISON CHAPEL, HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-07. NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF HEADQUARTERS ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

TOBERA AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-01. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE AIRSTRIP SHOWING THE CONTROL TOWER AND BOMB CRATERS ON THE RUNWAY

MISSION POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-09. IDENTIFICATION PHOTOGRAPHS USED BY MEMBERS OF THE WAR CRIMES COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-06. CAPTAIN R. WILLIAMS, HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION, MAKING AN ISSUE OF JAPANESE SWORDS TO A UNIT. SEVEN THOUSAND JAPANESE SWORDS WERE ISSUED TO TROOPS AT RABAUL AS ..

MISSION POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-09. PRIVATE CHIAN SINGH (1) AND PRIVATE JOGINDIA SINGH (3) MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN ARMY AND FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR, HAVING A CUP OF TEA WITH AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS, ..

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-06. CORPORAL G. BROWN (1), AND CORPORAL H. GRILLS (2), MEMBERS OF 11 DIVISION PROVOST DETACHMENT PASSING THROUGH THE ENTRANCE ARCHWAY TO THE PROVOST CORPS QUARTERS AT ..

DALLMAN HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-11. PERSONNEL OF C COMPANY, 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, SEATED ON THE GROUND LISTENING TO THE ADDRESS GIVEN BY CHAPLAIN W.B. HOWDEN, DURING A MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-08. PUMICE STONE FROM THE MATUPI CRATER FLOATING ON THE WATER IN SIMPSON HARBOUR NEAR THE BP WHARF. IT IS A MENACE TO SMALL CRAFT MANY OF WHICH CANNOT OPERATE IN IT

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-09. MAJOR G.M. BLAXLAND, MEDICAL OFFICER, 105 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION (1) RUNNING A STETHOSCOPE OVER CAPTAIN W.J. STONEY (2) DURING A DEMOBILISATION MEDICAL ..