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KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. TWO AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT LOADED WITH NATIVES WHO WERE BROUGHT BACK BY AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT TO THE BUIN AREA. THE JAPANESE EVACUATED THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF STORES FOLLOWING THE ARRIVAL OF APPROXIMATELY ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, SPEAKING TO JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICERS AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. AN INSPECTION WAS MADE BY MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, AND PARTY, OF THE MUSCHU ISLAND JAPANESE ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. NATIVES, WHO WERE EVACUATED BY THE JAPANESE TO FAURO ISLAND, RETURNING TO THE BUIN AREA FOR REHABILITATION UNDER AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. JAPANESE ARMY TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA GOING ABOARD THE NEENA FROM AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT. THEY ARE EN ROUTE TO THE CONCENTRATION AREA ON FAURO ISLAND

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-02. JAPANESE ARMY TROOPS FROM THE BUIN AREA CROWDED ON THE DECK OF THE NEENA. THEY HAVE JUST COME ABOARD FROM AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT AND ARE EN ROUTE TO THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF JAPANESE BARRACKS, SIMPLY CONSTRUCTED FROM ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, MAKING AN INSPECTION OF ORDERED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMPOUND AND ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.W. BUTTROSE, COMMANDING OFFICER 2/5 INFANTRY BATTALION, TALKING TO JAPANESE OFFICERS DURING A TOUR OF THE JAPANESE COMPOUND BY MAJOR E.S. ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER JAPANESE PERSONNEL WERE TRANSFERRED TO MUSCHU ISLAND. SHOWN, A COLUMN OF JAPANESE TROOPS, NEW ARRIVALS FROM THE BOIKEN AREA, MOVING UP ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, AND PARTY, WITH JAPANESE OFFICERS, INSPECTING THE NEWLY TILLED ..