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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-27. MEMBERS OF V FIELD SECURITY SECTION, ATTACHED HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION, WITH CAPTAIN N.D. BALFE, THEIR OFFICER COMMANDING

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. J. WHITE, A MEMBER OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, EXAMINING A HOLE MADE THROUGH A VENTILATOR AND A TANK BY AN ALLIED BOMB. IT PASSED THROUGH THE JAPANESE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. ONE OF THREE LARGE PUMPS OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD AT WORK ON THE DECK OF JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. EACH PUMP DELIVERS SIX HUNDRED ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. PERSONAL STORES AND EQUIPMENT ON THE BEACH NEAR THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS AWAITING TRANSPORT TO FAURO ISLAND WHERE JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA ARE ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-27. THE HITATI MARU, A JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP KNOCKED OUT BY ALLIED BOMBING AND FORCED TO RUN ASHORE. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE WRECKAGE OF A JAPANESE BARGE. THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-29. DRIVER T. WILSON, GROOM (3) WITH HIS BRIDE PRIVATE M. WILSON (4), WITH THEIR ATTENDANTS DRIVER E. CHAPMAN, BEST MAN (1) AND LANCE CORPORAL M. GROUSE, BRIDESMAID (2), AFTER ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MARCH ON TO THE AIRSTRIP TO TAKE OVER TANKS SURRENDERED BY THE JAPANESE. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 JAPANESE MEDIUM ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. CORPORAL TIDYMAN, 11 DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY, DIRECTING TRAFFIC AT THREE WAYS, MALAGUNA ROAD. THE UNIT SIGNPOSTS POINT TOWARDS THE TUNNEL HILL ROAD

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE TANK CREWS IN FRONT OF A LINE OF TANKS AT THE AIRSTRIP WHICH ARE BEING HANDED OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION AT VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP EXAMINING WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. DIVER J. DALLEY COMING UP FROM HOLD AT THE STERN OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 AFTER INSPECTION. THE VESSEL, WHICH WAS SUNK BY ALLIED BOMBERS TWELVE MONTHS AGO, ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. WRECKED JAPANESE SHIPS NEAR VULCAN CRATER. THE SALVAGE BOAT OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD IS WORKING ON A JAPANESE NAVAL TANKER AND SUPPLY VESSEL ..