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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. BROKEN STATUE OF CHRIST, ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE RABAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MALAGUNA ROAD. A JAPANESE PILLBOX SURROUNDS THE STATUE

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. PRIVATE E. NIBLETT (1) AND PRIVATE F.W. HOLMES (2), STANDING AT THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND, 5 BASE HUT, WHICH HAS BEEN ERECTED ..

Group portrait of members of 11 Platoon, B Company, 27 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF). Identified left to right, back row: SX24001 Private (Pte) W J McAllister; NX194564 Pte J O Barry; S20015 ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE WITH VARIOUS CRAFT ON THE BEACH PREPARING TO GO TO SEA. THE CRAFT ARE BEING PREPARED FOR THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD IN DALLMAN ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-29. SERGEANT E.C. PARRANT (1) AND SERGEANT N.S. BRAY (2), MEMBERS OF 1 BROADCASTING STATION, AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMENITIES SERVICE WORKING AT RADIO STATION 9AJ DURING A ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, TALKING TO MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE AFTER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE INTERIOR OF THE PROTESTANT CHAPEL AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION. THIS BUILDING WAS ENTIRELY CONSTRUCTED BY JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES

LOSSUK BAY, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-19. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS WAS SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT OFFICER IN CHARGE, TO ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. MAIL BEING LOADED ABOARD AN RAAF COURIER PLANE. THIS DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA WAS THE FIRST COURIER AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-31. CORPORAL J. CALE ISSUING TWO BOTTLES OF BEER TO EACH OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE PERSONNEL OF 118 GENERAL HOSPITAL

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-31. AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE PERSONNEL OF 118 GENERAL HOSPITAL HAVING THEIR MID-DAY MEAL IN THEIR MAKE SHIFT MESS - TEMPORARILY ERECTED TENT ..

KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-19. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS WAS SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT OFFICER IN CHARGE, TO ..