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WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. PRIVATE K.A. CROCKETT (1) AND PRIVATE L.R. DAVIES (2), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, EXAMINING THE CONSTRUCTIONAL STAGES OF THEIR ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. PRIVATE V.R. JOBSON (1) AND SERGEANT R.E. HIGGINS (2), MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, MENDING THE SAIL ON THE MAST OF THEIR SKIFF, AN ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-29. SERGEANT N.S.W. BRAY (1) AND SERGEANT E.C. PARRANT (3) MEMBERS OF 1 BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE, AT THE MICROPHONE OF RADIO STATION 9AJ ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (2), AND MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY LEAVING BURNS PHILP WHARF. ..

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. 1945-10-28. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. OFFICIAL CAR CARRYING GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA; MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. A JAPANESE ROLLER, MANNED BY FORMER JAPANESE TROOPS, PREPARING THE DIVISIONAL PARADE GROUND IN WHAT WAS ONCE THE MAIN PART OF RABAUL. THE PREPARATIONS ARE FOR THE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. FOLLOWING INSPECTION OF A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION AT THE DIVISION PARADE GROUND, GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, ARRIVING AT THE PARADE GROUND TO ATTEND A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES, GRADERS AND BULLDOZERS BUSILY ENGAGED ON THE PREPARATION OF THE DIVISIONAL PARADE GROUND IN WHAT WAS ONCE THE MAIN PART OF RABAUL ..