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KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS SUPERVISING ISSUING OF IDENTITY DISCS TO JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS AT KAHILI BEACH. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS WERE ESCORTED IN ..

TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. THE ENTRANCE TO TWO TUNNELS SEEN FROM THE INSIDE OF A THIRD. THE JAPANESE MADE EXTENSIVE USE OF TUNNEL SYSTEMS IN THE RABAUL AREA AFTER ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF 2 PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, (MEDIUM MACHINE-GUNS), 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF 7 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF 8 PLATOON, A COMPANY, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. OFFICERS OF 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT T.H. LIPSCOMBE, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE, INTERROGATING JAPANESE ON A BARGE CARRYING THE LAST BATCH OF TROOPS FROM TONOLEI HARBOUR ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. ENTRANCES TO THE UNDERGROUND WIRELESS STATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTRE CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AT THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE BUIN AREA. ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE BARGE LOADED WITH TROOPS AND STORES FROM TONOLEI HARBOUR MOVING TO AN ASSEMBLY POINT AT KAHILI FOR EMBARKATION TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMP ON FAURO ..

WEWAK POINT, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-02. A SMARTNESS OF LINES COMPETITION WAS HELD AT 2/3 MACHINE-GUN BATTALION AND TROOPS WERE GIVEN A WEEK TO DECORATE THEIR LINES. THE COMPETITION WAS WON BY THIS 10 ..

PIEDU ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA UNLOADING GEAR FROM AN AUSTRALIAN LANDING BARGE AT A CONCENTRATION AREA ON PIEDU ISLAND. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..