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KOKOPO AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS AT A DUMP ON THE BEACH NEAR KOKOPO

Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of Roman Catholic Missionary sisters in the chapel section of their living quarters at Ramale Mission. They are members of a group of internees ..

Ramale Mission, Kokopo Area, New Britain. A group of German missionary sisters, members of the 300 white internees liberated when troops of HQ 11 Division occupied the area following the surrender ..

RAMALE MISSION, KOKOPO AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVES WHO TOOK SUPPLIES TO THE 158 WHITE INTERNEES WHO WERE LIBERATED WHEN TROOPS OF HQ 11 DIVISION OCCUPIED THE AREA ..

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-21. SCENE AT THE BEACHHEAD DURING UNLOADING OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE AREA. TROOPS OF HQ 11 DIVISION AND 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE NOW OCCUPY ..

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BATTALION, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, SPRINKLING THE ROAD WITH SEA WATER FROM A JEEP TRAILER TO LAY THE DUST

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. TROOPS OF 11 INFANTRY BATTALION, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, FILLING A JEEP TRAILER WITH SEA WATER. THIS WATER IS SPRINKLED ON ROADS TO LAY THE DUST. THE THICK PUMICE ..

Ramale Valley, New Britain. A choir composed of the internees at Ramale Valley Internment Camp singing 'Minstrel Boy' for Major General K W Eather, General Officer Commanding 11 Division. Contact ..

Ramale Valley, New Britain. Informal group 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 ..

Ramale Valley, New Britain. Group portrait of Australian Roman Catholic sisters at the internment camp where they have lived since the Japanese occupation of Rabaul. They are in good health and ..

Ramale Valley, New Britain. A choir comprised of the internees at Ramale Valley Internment Camp singing 'Minstrel Boy' for Major General K W Eather, General Officer Commanding 11 Division. Contact ..

Internees boarding an Army landing barge for transfer to the motor launch Gloria. They are being evacuated from the Mission in Ramale Valley to Rabaul. Contact with the internees was made by Allied ..