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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-05-18. TROOPS OF 7 INFANTRY BRIGADE ON PARADE AT GLOUCESTER PARK DURING AN ADDRESS BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS (2). PERSONNEL ..

WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-05-15. A JAPANESE SOLDIER WHO COMMITTED HARI-KIRI BY HOLDING A HAND GRENADE AGAINST HIS FACE. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS

TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT N.C. SANDFORD (1) AND SERGEANT D.G. MCEROY (2), DRINKING BEER ON THE DECK OF THE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. THE VESSEL IS BEING USED BY THE ALLIED ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. A JAPANESE PRIME MOVER, USED FOR TOWING ARTILLERY PIECES THREE WEEKS AGO, WHICH WAS CAPTURED AT MAMAGOTA JUNCTION AND OVERHAULED BY 312 LIGHT AID DETACHMENT. IT IS NOW ..

TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. PRIVATE J. PATTIPEILOHY, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY, DRINKING TOMATO JUICE ON THE DECK OF THE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. THE VESSEL IS BEING USED BY THE ALLIED ..

TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. PASSENGERS ABOARD THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327, WAVING FAREWELL TO NATIVES OF THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU, ON SHORE, AS THE VESSEL LEAVES ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. TROOPS OF 58/59 INFANTRY BATTALION, LOADED INTO JEEPS AND TRAILERS MOVING ALONG THE MUDDY BUIN ROAD EAST OF THE OGORATA RIVER. THE TROOPS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A BEACH REST ..

MOROTAI. 1945-05-16. MAJOR J.L. COOK, MATRON, 2/5TH GENERAL HOSPITAL. MATRON COOK SERVED IN PALESTINE, GREECE, AND CRETE; WAS AT ARMIDALE IN 1942 FOR A PERIOD; AND THEN AT PORT MORESBY FROM JANUARY ..

BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. A JEEP AND TRAILER LOADED WITH ENGINEERS OF 15 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, AND STORES, FORDING THE OGORATA RIVER. THE ENGINEERS FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-05-18. OFFICERS OF G BRANCH, HEADQUARTERS 5 DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CAPTAIN C.H. POWDITCH (1); CAPTAIN R.D. DOUGLAS (2); CAPTAIN P.G. THOMPSON (3)

TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. PRIVATE J. PATTY, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY, STANDS BY JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE DECK OF THE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327 WATCHING THEM EAT. THE VESSEL IS BEING ..

TINIAN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-07-18. PRIVATE J. SARELA, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY, OPENING CANS OF FOOD ON THE MOTOR LAUNCH ML1327. THE VESSEL IS BEING USED BY THE ALLIED INTELLIGENCE BUREAU TO ..