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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (4) TALKING TO MATRON E.M. GREEN (2), LIEUTENANT COLONEL LOEWENTHAL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 26 INFANTRY BATTALION, READING THEIR MAIL BY JEEP LIGHT. THEY WERE MARCHED FROM THEIR UNIT AREA TO BIVOUAC FOR THE NIGHT NEAR THE PARADE GROUND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF 118 GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING HIS VISIT TO THE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, TALKING TO MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE AFTER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION WAS INSPECTED BY GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. FOLLOWING INSPECTION OF A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION AT THE DIVISION PARADE GROUND, GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. MAJOR GENERAL K.W. EATHER, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 11 DIVISION, ARRIVING AT THE PARADE GROUND TO ATTEND A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-27. JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES, GRADERS AND BULLDOZERS BUSILY ENGAGED ON THE PREPARATION OF THE DIVISIONAL PARADE GROUND IN WHAT WAS ONCE THE MAIN PART OF RABAUL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-28. FOLLOWING INSPECTION OF A CEREMONIAL PARADE AND MARCH PAST BY TROOPS OF 11 DIVISION AT THE DIVISION PARADE GROUND, GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE INTERIOR OF THE PROTESTANT CHAPEL AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION. THIS BUILDING WAS ENTIRELY CONSTRUCTED BY JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HMS FORMIDABLE, LEAVING KERAVIA BAY. THE FORMIDABLE EMBARKED OVER 1,000 INDIANS FOR SINGAPORE AND INDIA

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-30. THE FIRST RAAF COURIER PLANE, A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, LANDING ON THE NEWLY RECONDITIONED LAKUNAI AIRSTRIP