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Rapopo Airstrip, New Britain. A Japanese tank crew bringing a type 95 Ha-Go light tank out of the lines to hand over to Australian crews of 2/4 Armoured Regiment. A total of over 40 Japanese ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. PERSONAL STORES AND EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH NEAR THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS AWAITING TRANSPORT TO FAURO ISLAND WHERE JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA ARE ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-27. THE HITATI MARU, A JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP KNOCKED OUT BY ALLIED BOMBING AND FORCED TO RUN ASHORE. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE BARGE. THE ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MARCH ON TO THE AIRSTRIP TO TAKE OVER TANKS SURRENDERED BY THE JAPANESE. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 JAPANESE MEDIUM ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN CREW COMMANDERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT IN THE TURRETS OF JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER AT THE AIRSTRIP. A ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, MOORED ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 (ON LEFT) DURING SALVAGE ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE SHRINE FOR THE DEAD NEAR THE BUIN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS. FOUR BOWLS ON THE SHRINE CONTAIN FOOD AND WATER. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. SIMPSON HARBOUR VIEWED FROM THE HILLS NEAR FOUR WAYS. THE VIEW SHOWS THE MOTHER CRATER, LEFT; TO THE SOUTH, DAUGHTER AND MATAPI ON THE RIGHT. LIBERTY SHIPS BRINGING ..

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. THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. BOMB DAMAGE ON BRIDGE OF THE JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, HITATI MARU, WHICH RAN ASHORE NEAR KANGU HILL AFTER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE RATIONS STACKED ALONGSIDE AUSTRALIAN RATIONS FOR USE ON FAURO ISLAND. JAPANESE TROOPS AT WORK IN FOREGROUND CLEARING THE AREA. THE SURRENDER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-16. THE BASE SIGNBOARD READY FOR ERECTION IN THE GROUNDS OF HEADQUARTERS 5 BASE SUB AREA