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KARAVIA BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-23. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, VISITED THE INDIAN EX-PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT KARAVIA BAY. SHOWN, AN ANCIENT INDIAN FOLK ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-22. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY PAPUAN INFANTRY BATTALION WAS HELD FOR MAJOR GENERAL W. BRIDGEFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 3 DIVISION. SHOWN, MAJOR ..

KARAVIA BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-22. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, INSPECTING AN INDIAN GUARD OF HONOUR DURING HIS VISIT TO THE INDIAN EX-PRISONER OF WAR CAMP ..

KARAVIA BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-23. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, VISITED THE INDIAN EX-PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT KARAVIA BAY. SHOWN, AN INDIAN CHOIR SINGING ..

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-22. WARRANT OFFICER 2 D. BEACOM (1), CAPTAIN R.J. MCINTYRE (2) AND PRIVATE G.S. BUCKLAND (3), MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CATERING CORPS, HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-22. CAPTAIN R.J. MCINTYRE, CATERING OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-18. MR HATTORI, A JAPANESE INTERPRETER FROM HEADQUARTERS 18 JAPANESE ARMY, WHO ACTED AS INTERPRETER TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. IMAMURA DURING THE SURRENDER ..

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-22. CAPTAIN R.J. MCINTYRE, CATERING OFFICER HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION

KARAVIA BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-25. THE GATES AND GUARD BOXES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP

KARAVIA BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-23. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, VISITED THE INDIAN EX-PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT KARAVIA BAY. SHOWN, A SKETCH DEPICTING THE ..

PUT PUT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WREATHED IN FUMES AFTER GELIGNITE RAMMED DOWN ITS BARREL EXPLODED. IT WAS DESTROYED BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS WORKING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ..

PUT PUTT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-21. LIEUTENANT WHITE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY EXAMINING THE SHATTERED MUZZLE OF A JAPANESE NAVAL GUN WHICH HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY RAMMING GELIGNITE DOWN ITS BARREL