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GAZELLE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-23. JAPANESE TROOPS CONSTRUCTED A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 13 FIELD COMPANY. SERGEANT J.E. GREENE SHOWN INSPECTING THE SLEEPING QUARTERS

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-24. PERSONNEL OF BATTALION HQ GROUP, 27 INFANTRY BATTALION. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 15 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

GAZELLE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-23. JAPANESE TROOPS CONSTRUCTED A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 13 FIELD COMPANY. SHOWN, LIEUTENANT J.B. SHIRLEY AND THE MEMBERS OF HIS SECTION WHO ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. TYPE 2 AMPHIBIOUS JAPANESE TANK KA-MI IN THE WATER AT TALILI BAY. THE TRIALS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-26. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE WHO HAVE JUST ARRIVED AT RABAUL TO STAFF 118 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. TWO SMALL JAPANESE SOLDIERS ARE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-26. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE ON THE WHARF AT RABAUL. THEY HAVE JUST ARRIVED AND WILL STAFF 118 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (3) TALKING TO CAPTAIN H.C. WITT, OFFICER COMMANDING, OF AUSTRALIAN ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (4) ARRIVING AT BURNS PHILP WHARF. HE IS MAKING A TOUR OF 11 DIVISION ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION, READING THEIR MAIL BY JEEP LIGHT. THEY WERE MARCHED FROM THEIR UNIT AREA TO BIVOUAC FOR THE NIGHT NEAR THE PARADE GROUND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF 118 GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING HIS VISIT TO THE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HMS FORMIDABLE, LEAVING KERAVIA BAY. THE FORMIDABLE EMBARKED OVER 1,000 INDIANS FOR SINGAPORE AND INDIA

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE FIRST RAAF COURIER PLANE, A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, LANDING ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP