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Group portrait of members of the staff of Battalion Headquarters, 58/59 Infantry Battalion. Identified, back row, left to right: VX138109 Corporal (Cpl) Walter Ronald Gorman MM; Sergeant (Sgt) M ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-29. DRIVER T. WILSON (2) WATCHES HIS BRIDE PRIVATE M. WILSON, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE (1) SIGN THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AFTER THEIR WEDDING AT 2/1 GENERAL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-27. STAFF OFFICERS OF 11 DIVISION CONFER ON TOBOI WHARF WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF (2) SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL AT HEADQUARTERS 11 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-27. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, ON TOBOI WHARF AFTER ARRIVING AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION BY CATALINA AIRCRAFT FOR A TOUR OF THE AREA

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED OFFICERS AND JAPANESE OFFICERS CONFER ON DETAILS OF THE CHANGE OVER AT THE AIRSTRIP AS AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. J. WHITE, A MEMBER OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, EXAMINING A HOLE MADE THROUGH A VENTILATOR AND A TANK BY AN ALLIED BOMB. IT PASSED THROUGH THE JAPANESE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-29. DRIVER T. WILSON, GROOM (3) WITH HIS BRIDE PRIVATE M. WILSON (4), WITH THEIR ATTENDANTS DRIVER E. CHAPMAN, BEST MAN (1) AND LANCE CORPORAL M. GROUSE, BRIDESMAID (2), AFTER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. CORPORAL TIDYMAN, 11 DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY, DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT THREE WAYS, MALAGUNA ROAD. THE UNIT SIGNPOSTS POINT TOWARDS THE TUNNEL HILL ROAD

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE REGIMENTAL AID POST SET UP ON THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL, THE EMBARKATION POINT FOR JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS IN THE BUIN AREA. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE TROOPS CARRYING A COCONUT LOG FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMP AT KARIKI, THE AUSTRALIAN GARRISON HEADQUARTERS FOR JAPANESE TROOPS CONCENTRATED ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. THE CAMP AND EMBARKATION POINT WHERE JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE BUIN AREA AWAIT TRANSPORT TO FAURO ISLAND WHERE THEY WILL BE CONCENTRATED. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-13. MEMBERS OF 8 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 31 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX.)