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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY, BEING MET AT THE BEACH-HEAD BY LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.M. CHAPMAN ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. SAPPER F.G. PEGG, 55 FIELD PARK COMPANY ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, SUPERVISING A JAPANESE LOADING PARTY AT THE BEACH-HEAD. THESE SUPPLIES WERE BROUGHT TO THE AREA ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. UNLOADING STORES AND EQUIPMENT FROM LANDING BARGES IN 28 INFANTRY BATTALION AREA. THE STORES AND EQUIPMENT WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE ANDREW BRISCOE, THE FIRST VICTORY ..

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 ..

VUNAPOPE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. FATHER A. HAGEN (1) AND FATHER J. DAHMEN (2), ARRIVING BY JEEP AT THE BARGE BOARDING POINT DURING THEIR EVACUATION FROM THE MISSION IN RAMALE VALLEY TO RABAUL. ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. FOUR VICTIMS OF SPIROCHETAL DISEASE AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THE MEN WERE LIBERATED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-24. MAJOR GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, INSPECTING JAPANESE PERSONNEL. THE JAPANESE PERSONNEL ON MUSCHU ISLAND WERE ASSEMBLED ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A GROUP OF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THEY REFLECT THE ILL TREATMENT METED OUT BY THE JAPANESE. SOME ARE TOO WEAK TO STAND. ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS UNSTRAPPING THE "STORPEDOES" (STORES IN TOPEDO SHAPED CONTAINERS) WHICH HAVE BEEN DROPPED BY PARACHUTE ON THE KAHILI AIRSTRIP FOR ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-24. LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. YOSHIWARA, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, 18 JAPANESE ARMY, AND REAR-ADMIRAL S. SATO, COMMANDER JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES ON MUSCHU AND KAIRIRU ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. SERGEANT S. CRAWCOUR A MEMBER OF THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, AND LIEUTENANT MASAHARU HORIGUCHI, A JAPANESE NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICER, TRANSLATING ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-17. ENTRANCE TO NUMA NUMA HARBOUR ON THE EAST COAST