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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS COMPANY (ADMINISTRATION), 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. THE VIEW FROM THE INSIDE OF A TUNNEL LOOKING OUT. THE JAPANESE MADE EXTENSIVE USE OF TUNNEL SYSTEMS IN THE RABAUL AREA AFTER ABOVEGROUND ..

TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. LOOKING DOWN AT THE ENTRANCE TO AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL. THE JAPANESE MADE EXTENSIVE USE OF TUNNEL SYSTEMS IN THE RABAUL AREA AFTER ABOVEGROUND ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT R. W. W. ROWED, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, SKETCHING A JAPANESE BARGE LOADED WITH TROOPS AND STORES EN ROUTE TO A CONCENTRATION AREA IN THE FAURO ISLANDS

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS SUPERVISING ISSUING OF IDENTITY DISCS TO JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS AT KAHILI BEACH. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS WERE ESCORTED IN ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE TROOPS, IN FOREGROUND, WATCHING OFFICERS BEING ISSUED WITH IDENTITY DISCS PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE FROM KAHILI FOR CONCENTRATION ON SAMANSO ISLAND. ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS ON BOUGAINVILLE WERE ESCORTED IN THEIR OWN BARGES FROM KAHILI FOR CONCENTRATION ON SAMANSO ISLAND. SHOWN, JAPANESE ..

TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. THE ENTRANCE TO TWO TUNNELS SEEN FROM THE INSIDE OF A THIRD. THE JAPANESE MADE EXTENSIVE USE OF TUNNEL SYSTEMS IN THE RABAUL AREA AFTER ..

BLANCHE BAY, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-03. JAPANESE TROOPS UNLOADING JAPANESE ARMS AND AMMUNITION FROM TRUCKS AT THE BARGE POINT. THESE WILL BE DUMPED AT SEA UNDER 28 INFANTRY BATTALION ..

BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS ON BOUGAINVILLE WERE ESCORTED IN THEIR OWN BARGES FROM KAHILI BY MEMBERS OF 2 CORPS FOR CONCENTRATION ON SAMANSO ISLAND. ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-05. MEMBERS OF 2 PLATOON, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, (MEDIUM MACHINE-GUNS), 57/60 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE TROOPS, WITH PATIENTS FOR ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL WEARING WHITE COATS WITH RED CROSS ATTACHED, STANDING IN A BARGE WAITING FOR THE ORDER TO MOVE ..