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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-21. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND, HAVING ARRIVED AT TOROKINA PER SS RIVER BURDEKIN, MARCH ALONG THE PIVA ROAD. IT IS TEN MILES TO THE PRISON COMPOUND AT THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-21. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND, HAVING ARRIVED AT TOROKINA PER SS RIVER BURDEKIN, LINED UP ON THE SHORE READY FOR THE TEN MILE MARCH TO THE PRISON COMPOUND AT ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. 350 NATIVES WHO WERE EVACUATED FROM THE BUIN AREA TO FAURO ISLAND BY THE JAPANESE RETURNED TODAY ON THE 300-TON VESSEL NEENA. THEY ARE SHOWN GOING OVER THE SIDE OF ..

SAMANSO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE ALL HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS IN THE BUIN AREA WERE TRANSFERRED TO SAMANSO ISLAND. THEY USED THEIR OWN ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION WITH JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICERS DISCUSSING THE HYGIENE ADMINISTRATION ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF STORES FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF APPROXIMATELY ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICERS AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. JAPANESE ARMY TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA GOING ABOARD THE NEENA FROM AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT. THEY ARE EN ROUTE TO THE CONCENTRATION AREA ON FAURO ISLAND

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. JAPANESE ARMY TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA CROWDED ON THE DECK OF THE NEENA. THEY HAVE JUST COME ABOARD FROM AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT AND ARE EN ROUTE TO THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER JAPANESE PERSONNEL WERE TRANSFERRED TO MUSCHU ISLAND. SHOWN, A COLUMN OF JAPANESE TROOPS, NEW ARRIVALS FROM THE BOIKEN AREA, MOVING UP ..

TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, AND MAJOR BATES STANDING ON THE BOW OF THE LAURABADA. MAJOR GENERAL ..

RATONGOR, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-10. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, COMMANDER, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, AND MR B. AKUN, HEAD OF THE CHINESE COMMUNITY. THEY ARE ATTENDING THE GALA DAY ..