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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-07. MAJOR GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION, ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN V. PASSLOW, OFFICER COMMANDING A COMPANY, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY, ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUTENANT G.R.H. GLANVILLE, OFFICER COMMANDING D COMPANY, 2/1 GUARD ..

VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE FLASH CAUSED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. PERSONNEL OF 11 FIELD BAKERY, ATTACHED BATTALION HEADQUARTERS, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION, ROLLING AND WEIGHING BREAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE C.F. ..

BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. THE GRAVES OF ALLIED SOLDIERS KILLED BY THE JAPANESE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT BETWEEN 300 AND 800 ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR WERE KILLED BY THE JAPANESE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY, WALKING WITH MAJOR GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION, DURING ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. CORPORAL V. POWELL (1) AND PRIVATE G.S. CAMPBELL (2), MEMBERS OF 11 FIELD BAKERY, ATTACHED BATTALION HEADQUARTERS, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION ROLLING DOUGH ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. SICK JAPANESE SOLDIERS SIT TO ATTENTION IN AREA NO. 7. THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED DURING A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE JAPANESE AREAS NOS 7, 8 AND 9 ON THE ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-09. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY, LANDING ON THE JETTY AT FAURO ISLAND WHERE HE WILL INSPECT JAPANESE ..

BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. AN OFFICER OF 7 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING ONE OF THE MANY HEAVY SEARCHLIGHTS WHICH ARE BUILT ON RAILS AND RUN BACK INTO HEAVILY FORTIFIED DUG-OUTS

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. MEMBERS OF NO. 3 (MORTAR) PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION

BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. THE SKELETON OF AN ALLIED SOLDIER, RECOVERED BY THE ATROCITIES COMMISSION, LAID OUT ON A BLANKET PRIOR TO REMOVAL BY A WAR GRAVES REGISTRATION UNIT. ..