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SAMANSO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE ALL HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS IN THE BUIN AREA WERE TRANSFERRED TO SAMANSO ISLAND. THEY USED THEIR OWN ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. TWO AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT LOADED WITH NATIVES WHO WERE BROUGHT BACK BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO THE BUIN AREA. THE JAPANESE EVACUATED THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. AN INSPECTION WAS MADE BY MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, AND PARTY, OF THE MUSCHU ISLAND JAPANESE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. MAJOR GENERAL C.S. STEELE, ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, LAND HEADQUARTERS (2) WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.B. MURN (1) AFTER LANDING ON VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP. MAJOR GENERAL STEELE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. THE ENTRANCE TO THE PRESENT JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY. IT IS NEAR FOUR WAYS, ON MALAGUNA ROAD

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-04. MEMBERS OF 33 FIELD SECURITY SECTION, 11 DIVISION, IN A CAVE NEAR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WITH JAPANESE EQUIPMENT COLLECTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-09. MEMBERS OF 33 FIELD SECURITY SECTION, 11 DIVISION IN A CAVE NEAR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS WITH JAPANESE EQUIPMENT COLLECTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. THE BEACH HEAD AT MUSCHU AS SEEN FROM AN APPROACHING AUSTRALIAN BARGE. HOSPITAL WARDS AND BUILDINGS CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN ERECTED AT THE REAR OF THE SAND. ..

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-10. THE TRIM TENT LINES AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION. THE JAPANESE ARE BUILDING A SPLIT BAMBOO FENCE AROUND THE AREA

TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. THE PAPUAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VESSEL LAURABADA BERTHED ALONGSIDE THE WRECKED TOBOI WHARF. THIS SHIP WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CIVIL CONTROL TO THE ROYAL ..

KANGU HILL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. JAPANESE POWER STATION CONSTRUCTED IN SIDE OF KANGU HILL. IT WAS USED TO RELAY POWER TO WIRELESS STATIONS IN THE BUIN AREA. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY TROOPS ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. THE BREECH OF A JAPANESE 6-INCH NAVAL GUN. THE FIRING MECHANISM HAS BEEN REMOVED BY DISPOSALS COMMISSION. THE GUN WAS MOUNTED AT THE ENTRANCE TO BOUGAINVILLE ..