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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-27. MEMBERS OF THE BALLET DOING A ROUTINE DURING A CONCERT STAGED BY THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION PLAYERS AT THE 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS. IDENTIFIED ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-01-26. SOME OF THE INDIAN ARMY PERSONNEL WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR IN JAPANESE HANDS AND WERE RESCUED FROM THE KEITA AREA BY MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE ..

PEARL RIDGE AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-30. PERSONNEL OF THE SOLOMON'S DETACHMENT, 12TH AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON (TS), 4TH BASE SUB AREA, DROPPING SUPPLIES FROM ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT TO ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-27. VX13 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, ED, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS THANKING MEMBERS OF THE 58/59TH INFANTRY BATTALION ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-26. VX38969 MAJOR-GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, CBE, MC, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD DIVISION (2) ACCOMPANIED BY VX24235 BRIGADIER H.H. HAMMER, DSO, COMMANDING OFFICER, ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-31. A DEMONSTRATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT BEING CONDUCTED BY THE COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS AT THE OLD SITE OF THE UNIT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-31. A DEMONSTRATION OF MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT BEING CONDUCTED BY THE COMMANDER ROYAL ENGINEERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS AT THE OLD SITE OF THE UNIT CAMP

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-26. VX38969 MAJOR-GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, CBE, MC GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD DIVISION TAKING THE SALUTE FROM TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS, 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE ON HIS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-28. A "PATIENT" BEING BROUGHT ASHORE DURING AN EXAMINATION OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY PERSONNEL FOR THEIR BRONZE LIFE SAVING MEDALLION

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-29. PRIVATE W. HIGGINS (1) AND WARRANT OFFICER I A. BRUN (2) SOLOMON'S DETACHMENT, 12TH AIR MAINTENANCE PLATOON, 4TH BASE SUB AREA, ATTACHING A PARACHUTE TO A ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-26. THE 57/60TH INFANTRY BATTALION SECTION OF THE COMBINED BAND WHICH PLAYED FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE 15TH INFANTRY BRIGADE BY THE GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 3RD ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-01-29. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE 21ST AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AT THE 1945-01-30, SHOWING THE PROGRESS MADE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNIT