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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-04. LINE UP OF SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS FOR IDENTIFICATION AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHINESE CIVILIAN CAMP

NUMA NUMA TRAIL, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-24. A 27 INFANTRY BATTALION PATROL MOVING UP HUNT'S HILL. THIS WAS PART OF THE FIRST ACTION FOR THE BATTALION ON COMPLETION OF ITS TRAINING ON GREEN ISLAND

KARAWOP AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-20. 2/3 DENTAL UNIT TREATING MEMBERS OF 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ANY CAMPAIGN THAT A DENTAL UNIT WAS UP WITH A FORWARD BATTALION WORKING ..

DAGUA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-04-20. 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS AT THE YMCA COFFEE STALL AND NATIVE BUILT RECREATION HUT

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-26. PRIVATE A.J. COLEMAN, CREAMS SOME CAKES AT A SCHOOL OF COOKING CONDUCTED BY WARRANT OFFICER II GIBBES AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-04-26. PRIVATE E.J. DUPPERS (1), MAKING TARTS AT A SCHOOL IN COOKING CONDUCTED AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE BY WARRANT OFFICER II GIBBES (2)

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-26. SAPPER R. JOHNS, 11 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, WORKING ON A WRITING CASE IN THE HOBBIES SECTION OF 2/3 CONVALESCENT DEPOT

BOIKEN AREA, AITAPE-WEWAK SECTOR. 1945-04-28. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (1), AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL I. HUTCHISON, 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION (2), AT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-20. SISTER B.M. FOLEY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, 2/1 GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABOUT TO TAKE UP MORNING DUTIES

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-26. NEW ARRIVALS AT 2/3 CONVALESCENT DEPOT, DEBUS AT THE RECEPTION CENTRE. THE DEPOT IS UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL M.M. ROSEFIELD

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-28. CORPORAL R.J. ADAMS, 53 FIELD PARK COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, HOLDS A STAFF FOR SURVEYOR USING DUMPY LEVEL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AIRSTRIP FOR RAAF AUSTER ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-20. MATRON M.E. HURLEY, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, MATRON, 2/1 GENERAL HOSPITAL