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MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-27. JAPANESE DOCTOR EXAMINING A PATIENT SUFFERING FROM MALARIA. CASUALTIES AT THE HOSPITAL ON THE ISLAND HAVE BEEN HIGH - MORE THAN 180 HAVE DIED FROM VARIOUS ..

WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT, THE FIRST PLANE OF ITS KIND TO LAND AT BORAM AIRSTRIP, ARRIVING WITH GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A LIBERATOR AIRCRAFT, THE FIRST PLANE OF ITS KIND TO LAND AT BORAM AIRSTRIP, ARRIVING WITH GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-27. TWO JAPANESE SOLDIERS BOILING AND SCRUBBING THEIR CLOTHES. JAPANESE TROOPS ARE CONCENTRATED ON MUSCHU ISLAND WHICH IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF HEADQUARTERS 6 ..

WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AT ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-28. STAFF SERGEANT W. PITHIE (1) AND CORPORAL BRASNETT (2) MEMBERS OF 16 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ALONGSIDE FLYING PO, THEIR ENTRY IN THE WEWAK REGATTA TO BE HELD IN DALLMAN ..

WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT ..

WEWAK HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A NEW UNIT, 67 INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS FORMED FROM VOLUNTEERS IN THE WEWAK AREA TO BECOME PART OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OCCUPATION FORCE (BCOF). THE UNIT ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-26. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY 6 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, AT ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-27. JAPANESE SOLDIERS PREPARING A MEAL OF COPRA (DRIED COCONUT), RICE AND ORDINARY JUNGLE GRASS WHICH THEY MIX TOGETHER. THEY TOLD THE CAMERA MAN IT WAS GOOD ..