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BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. A MEMBER OF 7 INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING ONE OF THE MANY HEAVY ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS WHICH HELPED TO PROTECT THE AIRSTRIP. THE GUN IS STILL IN GOOD ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION, SPEAKING WITH THE JAPANESE COMMANDER OF 7 AREA ON THE ISLAND. THEY WERE ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. MEMBERS OF NO. 4 TANK ATTACK PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 14 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION ..

BALLALAE ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-10. GRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE ACCURACY OF ALLIED BOMBING IS SHOWN BY THE WRECKAGE OF JAPANESE BOMBERS WHICH ARE NOW NEARLY OBSCURED BY UNDERGROWTH. THE ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. JAPANESE SOLDIERS KNEELING ON THEIR SLEEPING MATS IN A LIVING HUT IN AREA NO. 7. THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED DURING A TOUR OF INSPECTION OF THE JAPANESE ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. 2. JAPANESE WORKING PARTY SCRAPING PAINT FROM A CRAFT OF AUSTRALIAN WATER TRANSPORT UNIT, ATTACHED 7 INFANTRY BATTALION

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-12. EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL POSSESSIONS OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR WHO WERE KILLED ON BALLALAE, FOUND WITH SOME OF THE RECOVERED BODIES. THE ATROCITIES ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND MEMBERS OF THE INSPECTION PARTY, INSPECTING BREAD BAKED BY JAPANESE ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND MEMBERS OF THE INSPECTION PARTY, WALK THROUGH THE JAPANESE AREA NO. 8 ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. THE REGIMENTAL AID POST AND MEDICAL WARDS OF NO. 9 JAPANESE AREA. LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, COMMANDING OFFICER, 7 INFANTRY BATTALION, ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-11-11. JAPANESE TROOPS IN NO. 9 JAPANESE AREA LINED UP FOR INSPECTION OUTSIDE THEIR SLEEPING HUT, DURING THE VISIT OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.L.E. DUNKLEY, ..