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RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-13. CHINESE CIVILIANS, INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE AT A CAMP 15 MILES WEST OF RABAUL, WERE CONTACTED BY A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND RED CROSS OFFICIALS SOON AFTER ..

PILA PILA, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. A MEMBER OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, PRIVATE R TRENWITH, USES A JAPANESE BICYCLE TO CARRY WATER CANS DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE OCCUPATION OF RABAUL ..

In the course of securing the Rabaul area following landings by troops of 4 Infantry Brigade on 10 September, a cemetery was discovered off Tunnel Hill road. The cemetery contained bodies of Allied ..

MALAGUNA MISSION, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. MEMBERS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE NAVAL PERSONNEL WHO WERE RELEASED FROM JAPANESE CONTROL AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. PRIVATE W. SKEELS, A MEMBER OF THE PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION COMMITTEE, HANDS FOOD TO A SMALL GROUP OF JAPANESE SERVICEMEN. THE JAPANESE HAD BEEN INTERNED ABOUT 15 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. LIEUTENANT E.B. WILLIAMS, 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION (1), WATCHES JAPANESE PERSONNEL BROUGHT IN BY MEMBERS OF B COMPANY DURING THE BATTALION'S SECURITY OPERATIONS ..

TALILI BAY, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. FULL OPERATIONAL STATUS PREVAILED WHEN TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, LANDED AT RABAUL TO OCCUPY THE JAPANESE BASE AND SECURE THE AREA. THIS PHOTOGRAPH ..

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-13. CHINESE CIVILIANS, INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE AT A CAMP 15 MILES WEST OF RABAUL, WERE CONTACTED BY A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND RED CROSS OFFICIALS SOON AFTER ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-14. AUSTRALIAN OFFICER QUESTIONING ONE OF THE PARTY OF 79 CHINESE WHO ARRIVED BY TRUCK AT TOROKINA COMPOUND. FORMER PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE THEY WERE RELEASED WHEN ..

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-13. CHINESE CIVILIANS, INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE AT A CAMP 15 MILES WEST OF RABAUL, WERE CONTACTED BY A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND RED CROSS OFFICIALS SOON AFTER ..

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-13. CHINESE CIVILIANS, INTERNED BY THE JAPANESE AT A CAMP 15 MILES WEST OF RABAUL, WERE CONTACTED BY A PARTY OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY AND RED CROSS OFFICIALS SOON AFTER ..

TOKO, SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-30. THE MUDDY ENTRANCE TO 129 INFANTRY BRIGADE WORKSHOP