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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-16. TWO RECENTLY COMPLETED BUILDINGS AT HEADQUARTERS 5 BASE SUB AREA. THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT HOUSES AMENITIES AND DADOS; THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HOUSES DADME AND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A CAMOUFLAGED FIELD STACK OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION IN STORAGE IN 11 DIVISION AREA

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-19. TROOPS ATTENDING A MESS PARADE AT 52 TRANSPORT PLATOON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS CAMP, ON THE SHORE OF TALILI BAY

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-21. MEMBERS OF A TROOP, 10 BATTERY, 4 FIELD REGIMENT. THE REGIMENT SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE RECENT BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-21. MEMBERS OF 11 BATTERY, C TROOP, 4 FIELD REGIMENT. THE REGIMENT SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE RECENT BOUGAINVILLE CAMPAIGN

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-21. MEMBERS OF 214 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE 4 FIELD REGIMENT

BORAM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-21. PRIVATE A.W. DOEBLIN, 30 INFANTRY BATTALION, FASHIONING A SOUVENIR FROM A MOULDED DURALIUM MAP OF NEW GUINEA. THE LIGHT WEIGHT METALS WERE GENERALLY OBTAINED BY ..

Group portrait of members of 9 Platoon, A Company, 58/59 Infantry Battalion. Identified, back row, left to right: Private (Pte) A Hamilton; Pte K P Macrae; Pte E Evans; Pte G Heard; Pte L Sait; Pte ..

WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-25. LIEUTENANT G.K. DINSDALE (1), LIEUTENANT E.E.R. TRICKETT (2), AND LIEUTENANT J.W. MCGUIRE (3), NAVAL OFFICERS OF HMAS SHROPSHIRE, WHO SUPERVISED THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. ELEVEN HUNDRED JAPANESE TROOPS OF 18 JAPANESE ARMY LEFT THE WEWAK AREA ON THE JAPANESE CRUISER KASHIMA TO RETURN TO JAPAN. THEY ARE THE FIRST JAPANESE TROOPS ..

Group portrait of officers (without hats) of 58/59 Infantry Battalion with Brigadier (Brig) H H Hammer CBE DSO, Commander 15 Infantry Brigade. Identified, back row, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) D ..

Group portrait of members of 1 Platoon, Headquarters Company, 58/59 Infantry Battalion. Identified, back row, left to right: Private (Pte) H N Best; Pte W Reid; Pte H Hibbert; Pte C Varcoe; Pte J ..