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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-26. WARRANT OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS OF HQ 23 INFANTRY BRIGADE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: WARRANT OFFICER, 2ND CLASS B.E.M. MCKAY (1); WARRANT OFFICER, 2ND CLASS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. FORMOSAN PRISONERS OF WAR WEEDING A GARDEN PLANTED WITH CHINESE CABBAGE AT NO 3 DETACHMENT, 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-20. THE ICEWORKS, FORMERLY THE BURNS PHILP'S FREEZERS, WHICH HAVE BEEN USED SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR BY AUSTRALIANS, JAPANESE, AMERICANS AND AGAIN BY AUSTRALIANS. IT ..

BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. THE SOPUTA WAR CEMETERY. ALTHOUGH NOW BECOMING AN ISOLATED SPOT BEHIND BUNA, IT IS KEPT IN PERFECT CONDITION BY THE AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES MAINTENANCE UNIT. A ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-23. AWAS PERSONNEL USING SEWING MACHINES AT THE DRESSMAKING CLASS HELD AT LAEWAS COLLEGE, AWAS BARRACKS, LAE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: CORPORAL M.I. MCGEE (1); PRIVATE O. ..

BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-16. SERGEANT R. TOWNSEND, AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES MAINTENANCE UNIT, MOWING THE LAWN AT THE SOPUTA WAR CEMETERY. ALTHOUGH NOW BECOMING AN ISOLATED SPOT BEHIND BUNA ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-28. MEMBERS OF 28 PLATOON, F COMPANY, 2/1 GUARD REGIMENT, ATTACHED HQ 23 INFANTRY BRIGADE. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 20 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. FORMOSAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHO ARE CAMP LEADERS AT 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-25. SERGEANT CRAWFORD, (STANDING) GIVING NEEDLEWORK INSTRUCTIONS DURING THE DRESSMAKING CLASS HELD AT LAEWAS COLLEGE, AWAS BARRACKS, LAE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SERGEANT ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-28. PERSONNEL OF 2 PLATOON, 2/1 GUARD REGIMENT, ATTACHED HQ 23 INFANTRY BRIGADE. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 21 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. THE QUARTERMASTER STORE, AT NO 1 DETACHMENT, 20 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, LAE. THE NOTICE NEAR THE DOORWAY IS PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND IN CHINESE

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-3. GORDON EEKHOFF'S HOUSE AT LAE, THE ONLY DWELLING WHICH SURVIVED BOTH JAPANESE AND ALLIED BOMBING. IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED AS A GEISHA HOUSE DURING THE JAPANESE ..