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FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE TROOPS CLEARING A CAMP SITE AT KARIKI, THE AUSTRALIAN GARRISON HEADQUARTERS FOR JAPANESE TROOPS CONCENTRATED ON FAURO ISLAND. THE SURRENDER ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. BOMB DAMAGE ON BRIDGE OF THE JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, HITATI MARU, WHICH RAN ASHORE NEAR KANGU HILL AFTER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-09-29. JAPANESE RATIONS STACKED ALONGSIDE AUSTRALIAN RATIONS FOR USE ON FAURO ISLAND. JAPANESE TROOPS AT WORK IN FOREGROUND CLEARING THE AREA. THE SURRENDER ..

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. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. ENTRANCES TO THE UNDERGROUND WIRELESS STATION AND COMMUNICATION CENTRE CONSTRUCTED OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AT THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE BUIN AREA. ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS LOOKING AT A JAPANESE SHRINE FOR THE DEAD NEAR THE BUIN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. GAPING HOLE IN SIDE OF THE JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, HITATI MARU, WHICH RAN ASHORE NEAR KANGU HILL AFTER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE BARGES LITTER THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL AS A RESULT OF ALLIED BOMBING

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE BARGE, NOW OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, WHICH RAN ASHORE AT KANGU HILL, A JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT STRONGPOST, AFTER ALLIED BOMBING NEAR BUIN NAVAL ..

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LINED UP WITH STORES ON THE BEACH AWAITING TRANSPORT BY AUSTRALIAN BARGES 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 RUN ASHORE. THE SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS IS MAKING ARRANGEMENTS ..

KAHILI AIRSTRIP, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS ON KAHILI AIRSTRIP AFTER BEING DESTROYED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DISPOSAL BOARD; BOMBS AND MINES IN THE FOREGROUND WILL BE ..