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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. THE VIEW ACROSS KARAVIA BAY FROM THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. A MONUMENT ERECTED BY CHINESE SOLDIERS IN MEMORY OF THEIR DEAD COMRADES IN NEW BRITAIN

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 OF THE CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. LIEUTENANT K.J. PHILLIPS GIVING EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM, MUTILATING AND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. A ONE-LEGGED JAPANESE OFFICER, ONE OF SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS LINED UP FOR AN IDENTIFICATION PARADE AT THE CHINESE ARMY CAMP

Australian and Chinese officers around a table dealing with the identification of suspected Japanese war criminals by Chinese Army troops

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A.G. CAMERON (3) SWEARING IN MAJOR V. CORR (2) AT THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. PRIVATE G.C. PARSONS GIVING EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM, MUTILATING AND EATING ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. CORPORAL YAMAMOTO GIVING EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL OF LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM, MUTILATING AND EATING THE ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-12-01. VIEW OF THE COURT SHOWING PERSONNEL OF THE BENCH AT THE TRIAL OF JAPANESE LIEUTENANT TAZAKI, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH AND LATER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNIBALISM, ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-30. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY GUARD, DRAWN FROM 28 INFANTRY BATTALION, 13 INFANTRY BRIGADE, ARMED WITH OWEN SUBMACHINE GUNS. THEY WATCHED OVER THE SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-11-25. SERGEANT-MAJOR (FIRST CLASS) NIGOTAMI, WHO HAS HAD 26 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY IN NEW GUINEA AND NEW BRITAIN. PHOTOGRAPHED DURING A PARADE ..