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MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDANT EIGHTH AREA ARMY, ARRIVING AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, FOR A ..

RATONGOR, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-18. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS PICTURED WITH CHINESE CHILDREN AT THE CHINESE CIVILIAN INTERNMENT CAMP AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE

Portrait of some of the inmates at the Ramale Valley Internment Camp. Contact with the camp was made by Allied troops and representatives of the Australian Red Cross following the surrender of the ..

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. LANDING CRAFT, VEHICLES AT THE BEACH, ASSISTING IN THE UNLOADING OF SHIPS IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS NOW ..

VUNAPOPE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE NAVAL GUARDS SQUATTING ON THE FLOOR OF THEIR TENT PLAYING A GAME RESEMBLING DRAUGHTS. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS NOW ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. LIBERATED CHINESE FROM THE CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP IN THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS, SHOW ENTHUSIASM ON THEIR RELEASE. THEY ARE PART OF A COMPLETE UNIT ..

TOBOI WHARF, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. NATIVES AT THE WHARF WELCOMING PRIESTS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM INTERNMENT AT RAMALE MISSION AND BROUGHT TO RABAUL FOR MEDICAL CARE

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. SISTER M.M. WILSON (1) AND SISTER F.E. HENRY (2), STANDING IN FRONT OF THEIR TENT INSIDE A SPECIAL AREA AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE. THE NURSING SISTERS WERE FLOWN TO ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, ..

SIMPSON HARBOUR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, MOVING DOWN THE STARBOARD SIDE GANGWAY OF HMAS MANOORA, DURING THE LANDING OF THE FORCE TO OCCUPY ..

MALAGUNA MISSION, SOUTH OF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, COMING ASHORE. THE TROOPS WILL OCCUPY THE RABAUL AREA, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-09. MEMBERS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE FILING UP THE GANGWAY OF HMAS MANOORA. THE MANOORA CARRIED TROOPS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE RABAUL AREA FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER ..