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CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-08-24. MAJOR F.E. DAVIS, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/119 BRIGADE WORKSHOP CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (2), ISSUING THE DAY'S ORDERS TO ..

MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. AFTER JAPANESE ENVOYS HAD OPENED SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS ON 1945-08-18, AN AUSTRALIAN CAMP, UNDER MAJOR K.V.L. KESTEVEN, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND A JAPANESE ..

MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. PRIVATE L.V. HOWARD, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION ERECTING A SIGN AT THE MIVO RIVER FORD. A JAPANESE CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER UNDER THE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-01. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (2), IN AN ARMY JEEP DURING HIS TOUR OF HEADQUARTERS 5 DIVISION. IDENTIFIED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-31. THE BATTERY COMMAND POST OF 141 HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY AT WORK ON THEIR INSTRUMENTS

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-01. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (2), INSPECTING TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION AT WUNUNG AIRSTRIP DURING HIS ..

WUNUNG, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-28. A FULL PARADE OF 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION AND 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, BOTH OF 4 BRIGADE, WAS HELD ON WUNUNG AIRSTRIP. THIS PARADE WAS TO PREPARE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-01. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (2), SPEAKING WITH WING COMMANDER P.A. MATHESON, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-01. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (1), ADDRESSING THE TROOPS AT WUNUNG AIRSTRIP DURING HIS VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS 4 ..

WUNUNG, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-08-28. A FULL PARADE OF 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION AND 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, BOTH OF 4 BRIGADE, WAS HELD ON WUNUNG AIRSTRIP. THIS PARADE WAS TO PREPARE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-01. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (5), TAKING THE SALUTE FROM TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, HEADQUARTERS ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-07-02. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA (1), BEING INTRODUCED TO MATRON M.O. WHEELER (4), DURING HIS VISIT TO 2/8 GENERAL ..