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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-11-26. MOUNT LUNAMAN, THE HILLOCK DOMINATING LAE. THE GIANT FIG TREE IN THE MID-BACKGROUND IS A TRIG POINT, SHOWN ON ADMIRALTY CHARTS AND IS A LANDMARK VISIBLE FOR MANY MILES. ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS LINED UP AT THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP NEAR VULCAN, FOR AN IDENTIFICATION PARADE

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (2) TALKING TO WARRANT OFFICER 1 H.N. BYRNE, PRESIDENT OF THE SERGEANTS' MESS (1) DURING THE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. G.H.S. MORAN ADDRESSING TROOPS OF LAE BASE SUB AREA WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, DURING A PARADE HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. BRIGADIER S.P. MCGRATH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT, FIRST ARMY (1) ATTENDING A FORMAL MESS AT THE OFFICERS' AND SERGEANTS' MESSES, 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, ON ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (2) AND COLONEL G.H.S. MORAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FIRST ARMY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY (4) AND COLONEL G.H.S. MORAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FIRST ARMY ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. PERSONNEL, ATTENDING A FORMAL MESS IN THE SERGEANTS' MESS, 2/1 BASE WORKSHOP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. CHINESE SOLDIERS ASSEMBLED READY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION PARADE OF SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS, AT THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, HAND CUFFED, ACCOMPANIED BY AN AUSTRALIAN GUARD WITH OWEN GUN AND A JAPANESE GUARD. THEY ARE TAKING PART IN AN IDENTIFICATION ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. CHINESE SOLDIERS ASSEMBLED READY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION PARADE OF SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CIMINALS, AT THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. LIEUTENANT TAZAKI (3) WAITING TO GO BEFORE THE COURT. HE WAS TRIED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MUTILATING AND EATING THE FLESH OF AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN ..