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Group portrait of the band, Battalion Headquarters, 58/59 Infantry Battalion. Identified, back row, left to right: Private (Pte) McKinney; Pte G Beet; Pte L Suckling; Pte K McBride; Pte J Stevens; ..

Group portrait of members of 6 Platoon, Headquarters Company, 58/59 Infantry Battalion. Identified, back row, left to right: Private (Pte) C Robertson; Pte W Noe; Pte R Hicks; Pte G Klingner; Pte G ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-27. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF (1), ACCOMPANIED BY MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION (2), AND STAFF ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE TANK CREW BRINGING A TYPE 97 CHI-HA MEDIUM TANK OUT OF THE LINES TO HAND OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ON PARADE AT THE AIRSTRIP BEFORE THE TAKE OVER OF TANKS SURRENDERED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE AIRSTRIP. A TOTAL ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE TANK CREWS IN FRONT OF A LINE OF TANKS AT THE AIRSTRIP WHICH ARE BEING HANDED OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION AT VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP EXAMINING WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. WRECKED JAPANESE SHIPS NEAR VULCAN CRATER. THE SALVAGE BOAT OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD IS WORKING ON A JAPANESE NAVAL TANKER AND SUPPLY VESSEL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. W.R. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (1), AND J. RUSHTON, SHIPWRIGHT (2), ON ONE OF THE JAPANESE SPEED LAUNCHES ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. THE ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. GAPING HOLE IN SIDE OF THE JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, HITATI MARU, WHICH RAN ASHORE NEAR KANGU HILL AFTER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE BARGES LITTER THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL AS A RESULT OF ALLIED BOMBING

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE BARGE, NOW OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, WHICH RAN ASHORE AT KANGU HILL, A JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT STRONGPOST, AFTER ALLIED BOMBING NEAR BUIN NAVAL ..