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RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN CREW COMMANDERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT IN THE TURRETS OF JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER AT THE AIRSTRIP. A ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE REGIMENTAL AID POST SET UP ON THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL, THE EMBARKATION POINT FOR JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS IN THE BUIN AREA. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. W.R. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (1), AND J. RUSHTON, SHIPWRIGHT (2), ON ONE OF THE JAPANESE SPEED LAUNCHES ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. THE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, MOORED ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 (ON LEFT) DURING SALVAGE ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. DRIVER J. SEYMOUR (1) AND LIEUTENANT C.E. ATKINS (2), OF 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING A STEEL PILLBOX, ONE OF MANY FORTIFIED POSITIONS THAT LINE THE COAST ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. R.J. SUMMERS (1) AND R.W. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (2), MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD WITH TWO EXTRA WATER PUMPS READY FOR USE ON THE JAPANESE ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE SHRINE FOR THE DEAD NEAR THE BUIN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS. FOUR BOWLS ON THE SHRINE CONTAIN FOOD AND WATER. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. DIVER J. DALLEY BEING RELIEVED OF HIS HELMET AFTER COMING UP FROM HOLD AT THE STERN OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 AFTER INSPECTION. THE VESSEL, WHICH WAS SUNK BY ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. SIMPSON HARBOUR VIEWED FROM THE HILLS NEAR FOUR WAYS. THE VIEW SHOWS THE MOTHER CRATER, LEFT; TO THE SOUTH, DAUGHTER AND MATAPI ON THE RIGHT. LIBERTY SHIPS BRINGING ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. THE CAMP AND EMBARKATION POINT WHERE JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE BUIN AREA AWAIT TRANSPORT TO FAURO ISLAND WHERE THEY WILL BE CONCENTRATED. THESE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE MEDICAL ORDERLY TREATING PATIENTS AT A REGIMENTAL AID POST ON THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL, THE EMBARKATION POINT FOR JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE BUIN AREA. ..

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE TROOPS CARRYING A COCONUT LOG FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAMP AT KARIKI, THE AUSTRALIAN GARRISON HEADQUARTERS FOR JAPANESE TROOPS CONCENTRATED ..