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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE ENVOY HOLDING A MESSAGE FOR LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, AND BEING ADVISED THAT THE ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-09. CAPTAIN G.E. DUFFY (2) AND SERGEANT S. FYFE (1), MEMBERS OF 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION, MARKING ON THE MAP THE VARIOUS POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE BATTALION IN THE AREA

AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER E. HOWITT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, HANDING A MESSAGE TO AN OFFICER ON A JAPANESE BARGE FOR RELAY TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, ..

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 POINTING OUT TO ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-10. LIEUTENANT T.R. MCDONALD, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS (1), AND CORPORAL R.W. BERG, MILITARY HISTORY SECTION (2), WHO WERE WITH 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS ON THE ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-10. PRIVATE C.E. PRETTY, 2/7 INFANTRY BATTALION CUTTING UP THE FIRST OF THE FRESH VEGETABLES DROPPED BY PARACHUTE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR POSITION

MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU, AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA, FLAG BEARER, MEMBERS OF A SURRENDER ENVOY RETURN TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. TALL BLACK COLUMNS OF SMOKE RISING FROM THE SOUTHERN END OF KIARIVU FOLLOWING A HEAVY AIR STRIKE BY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BEAUFORTS. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF ..

KIARIVU, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-11. THE AIRSTRIP BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE AS HUNDREDS OF NATIVES EMPLOYED BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT CUT THE STRIP OF EVERY BLADE OF KUNAI GRASS ..

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-14. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL L. N. TRIBOLET, COMMANDER SIGNALS 6TH DIVISION

CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-14. CORPORAL E.W. BROOKS, A LINESMAN OF 6TH DIVISION SIGNALS, MAINTAINING MAIN TRUNK ROUTE FROM THE DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS. THE LINES ARE SUSPENDED FROM ..

LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-15. COLONEL R.W. SAVIGE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER STAFF, AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY