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KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-09. OF HIGH PRIORITY, 75MM GUNS ARE DROPPED TO 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION WITH TWO PARACHUTES TO ENSURE THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL TO THE DROPPING ZONE

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-09. OF HIGH PRIORITY, 75MM GUNS ARE DROPPED TO 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION WITH TWO PARACHUTES TO ENSURE THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL TO THE DROPPING ZONE

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-09. TROOPS OF NO. 20 PLATOON, 2/5 SUPPLY DEPOT COMPANY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS, ATTACHED TO 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, CHECKING THE FIRST OF THE SUPPLIES AND FOOD ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-09. LIEUTENANT K.T. WYBURN, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING VARIOUS PARTS OF 75MM GUNS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN DROPPED BY PARACHUTES. TWO PARACHUTES WERE USED TO ENSURE ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-07. WAHPI, A TIME, SIX MONTHS OLD, WHITE COCKATOO, WHO WAS REARED BY MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, RESTING ON SERGEANT O'BRIEN'S SHOULDER WHILE HE ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-07. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION DIGGING IN BELOW THE COCONUT FEATURE IN THE BACKGROUND WHERE A SMALL JAPANESE SECTION IS STILL HOLDING OUT. THIS WAS ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-10. A SOLDIER SHOT IN THE LEG WHEN C COMPANY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION ATTACKED KIARIVU VILLAGE, RECEIVING FRONT LINE MEDICAL AID ONLY 200 YARDS FROM JAPANESE POSITIONS. ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU (1), MEMBER OF A SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION, WITH AN ENVELOPE ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU (1), MEMBER OF A SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, HOLDS OUT HIS WATCH WHEN SYNCHRONISING TIMES ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER, B. SHEM, GIVING MAJOR OTSU A LIGHT IN THE ANTE-ROOM AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION AFTER INTERROGATION. MAJOR OTSU IS THE SURRENDER ENVOY FROM ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU, MEMBER OF A SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY MAJOR J.R. BURRELL, BRIGADE MAJOR ..

TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. BRIGADIER A.R. GARRETT, BRIGADIER, GENERAL STAFF, HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, EXPLAINING TO AN INTERPRETER THE DIFFERENCE IN TIME OF 2 HOURS AND COMMANDING THE JAPANESE ..