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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-07. MEMBERS OF 13 PLATOON, C COMPANY, 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 24 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME ..

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. NATIVES CONSTRUCTING A STOREROOM FOR FOODSTUFFS AND GENERAL SUPPLIES AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS. THEY ARE WORKING UNDER THE ..

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. CAPTAIN G. NEILSON, COMMANDING OFFICER AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS, AND LIEUTENANT G. MORRIS CONDUCTING A COURT TO TRY A NATIVE WHO HAS ..

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. A NATIVE AT WORK AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS SAWING NOTCHES IN TIMBER FOR RIFLE RACKS TO BE USED BY NATIVE POLICE

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. GENERAL SHOT SHOWING "HOUSE TAMBORAN"; THIS IS THE NATIVE'S SACRED HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE. YOUNG MEN ARE INITIATED IN THESE HOUSES

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-07. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.J. ANDERSON, COMMANDING OFFICER 24 INFANTRY BATTALION, 15 INFANTRY BRIGADE

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVE BOY AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS STANDING AT THE "ORDER" WITH A SHOT GUN BIGGER THAN ..

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-03. NATIVES AT AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT HEADQUARTERS KEEPING A LOOKOUT FOR THE FOOD TRAIN

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-02. JAPANESE PRISONERS LINED UP AT A CONCENTRATION POINT BEFORE BEING SEARCHED PRIOR TO EMBARKATION. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION ..

MAPRIK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-04. TWO AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NATIVES USING AN EASIER WAY OF CARRYING WATER TO THE TROOPS

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-02. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION OCCUPIED THE ISLAND, AND JAPANESE TROOPS WERE EVACUATED TO TOROKINA. SHOWN, JAPANESE BEING ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-02. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION OCCUPIED THE ISLAND AND JAPANESE TROOPS WERE EVACUATED TO TOROKINA. SHOWN, JAPANESE BEING ..