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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-24. THE STAFF OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT HQ FIRST ARMY. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR ..

BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-15. GONA, THREE YEARS AFTER THE TIDE OF WAR HAD PASSED THE AREA, NOW A PEACEFUL VILLAGE SITUATED ON BOTH SIDES OF A CANAL LIKE RIVER

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THE GARDENS AT 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE, WITH TENTS USED BY THE OCCUPANTS IN THE BACKGROUND. CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN GROWN BY THESE FORMOSANS

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. A NATIVE SCHOOL FORMERLY OPERATED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS PART OF THEIR HOSPITAL. AFTER THE RECAPTURE OF LAE IT WAS USED BY THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S. MORAN ADDRESSING A PARADE OF TROOPS OF 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP AND THEIR ATTACHMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED TROOPS OF 2/77 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-26. THE GUINEA AIRWAYS "STIFF-LEG" CRANE. IT IS NO LONGER USED BUT WAS STILL SERVICEABLE WHEN AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN FORCES ENTERED LAE. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY 33 ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. THE BUTIBUM MISSION CHURCH, FORMERLY CONTROLLED BY THE LUTHERAN MISSION SOCIETY. IT WAS USED BY THE JAPANESE AS A HOSPITAL AND LATER, AS AN AUSTRALIAN DISPATCH RIDER ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. G.H.S. MORAN, INSPECTING TROOPS OF LAE BASE SUB AREA WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, DURING A PARADE HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S MORAN (1) INSPECTING TROOPS OF 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. COLONEL G.H.S MORAN ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN A.L. KONG, INSPECTING TROOPS OF 2/77 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, HAND CUFFED, ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUSTRALIAN GUARD WITH OWEN GUN AND A JAPANESE GUARD. THEY ARE TAKING PART IN AN IDENTIFICATION ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. LIEUTENANT K.J. PHILLIPS GIVING EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM, MUTILATING AND ..