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Numbered wooden tables and benches lined up in the large domed interior of the Japanese prisoner's cafeteria at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base. Work on this RAN base commenced ..

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. c. 1944-02. Group portrait of Coastwatchers and native police, some of whom are armed with rifles. Fourth back row, left to right: two native policemen; Flight ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-14. Interior of St John's Church of England during a church service attended by men and women of the Australian Forces

Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base use a table tennis table in the recreation room at the compound to sort out and distribute beer and other comfort ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-13. Sapper P. Harrison, 10 Anti-aircraft and Fortress Company, Royal Australian Engineers, staining one of the pews built by members of the unit in their spare ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-13. Private R. E. Welladsen, a member of the Ophthalmic Section, 128th Australian General Hospital, testing the eyesight of a patient with the Snellen's Test chart

Manus Island. c.1948. Members of the Japanese War Criminals Saw Mill Party sorting and stacking timber for the construction of the new store house being built at the RAN War Criminal Compound at ..

Beer and other comforts provided by the International Red Cross, Tokyo are placed on the beds of Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base. Work on this RAN base ..

Rabaul, New Britain. 1941-06. Aerial photograph of smoke billowing from the active Matupi volcano following its eruption. Matupi erupted in 1937 causing a loss of 600 lives and the eruption in 1941 ..

Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base, using picks to remove a bank of dirt outside a building at the compound. The men are are being supervised by a member ..

Exterior view of the No. 1 Guard tower and administration office at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base HMAS. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as ..

Port Moresby, New Guinea. 1944-05-09. Exterior of the Physiotherapy Department, 128th Australian General Hospital. A creeper is growing over the front entrance