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A JAPANESE CONCRETE PILLBOX AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE COAST AT KAVIENG. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN ..

A WRECKED JAPANESE PLANE ON THE FORESHORE AT KAVIENG. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT ..

AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT OFFICER IN CHARGE TO OPERATE IN NEW IRELAND, AND ..

AN AUSTRALIAN BREN GUN CHEST MARKED NO. 1 COMPANY FOUND AT A JAPANESE CAMP AT KAVIENG. IT WAS FOUND WITHOUT THE GUN AND PRESUMED TO BE PART OF THE EQUIPMENT OF 2/1 INDEPENDENT COMPANY. AN ..

KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-21. A SMASHED JAPANESE BOMBER IN ITS REVETMENT AT KAVIENG AIRSTRIP. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG ..

JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES CLEARING THE AREA FOR THE ANGAU ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG. CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT OFFICER, WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE HEADQUARTERS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-25. OFFICERS BEING SERVED AT THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE OFFICERS' CLUB, WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE BUSU RIVER. ANY DIFFICULTIES THAT ARISE ARE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-23. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H.B. WOOD, COMMANDER, ROYAL ENGINEERS, (AIF), HQ 3 DIVISION

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-23. PERSONNEL OF 6 ENGINEER SIGNAL SECTION, AT HQ ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS 3 DIVISION

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-25. SERGEANT WAPPET SERVING DRINKS AND PRIVATE G. TAPPER LOADING HIS TRAY IN THE BAR OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE OFFICERS' CLUB. THE CLUB IS SITUATED ON THE ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-23. OFFICERS OF 5 COMMANDER, ROYAL ENGINEERS, (AIF), IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: CAPTAIN S.G. DENMAN (1); LIEUTENANT-COLONEL R.M. TAYLOR (2); CAPTAIN C.W.B. VAUGHAN ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-25. WARRANT OFFICER 2 HIGGINS WITH HIS NATIVE WAITERS AT THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE OFFICERS' CLUB. THE CLUB IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE BUSU RIVER