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WASU, PAPUA, 1944-03-25. A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR DRESSED IN SCRAPS OF CLOTHING WHICH WERE FILTHY, PREPARES TO LEAVE THE COMPOUND AT HEADQUARTERS PAPUAN INFANTRY BRIGADE FOR KILIGIA

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. ALLIED AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL HOLDING A DISCUSSION IN A HUT. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. TWO JAPANESE OFFICERS WITH AN INTERPRETER. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. JAPANESE MARKED POST IN A CLEARING, PROBABLY A BURIAL SITE. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

WASU, PAPUA, 1944-03-25. VX63916 CORPORAL H. H. COURTIER (1), AND VX65653 PRIVATE R. TOOMER (2), MEMBERS OF THE 2/5TH FIELD AMBULANCE, GIVE MEDICAL AID TO A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR. THE PRISONER ..

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. WELL STOCKED JAPANESE SUPPLY AREA UNDERGOING INSPECTION BY ALLIED AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. NEW ZEALAND SERVICE PERSONNEL EXAMINING A LARGE HOLE IN THE GROUND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

A GROUP OF JAPANESE TYPE 2 KA-MI AMPHIBIOUS TANKETTES PARKED IN A STORAGE AREA, PROBABLY AT PANAPAI AIRSTRIP. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. CLEARED AREA WHICH PROBABLY HAD BEEN A COCONUT PLANTATION. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. ALLIED SERVICE PERSONNEL EXAMINING A LARGE HOLE IN THE GROUND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-09/10. CLOSE UP OF THE SERIAL NUMBER OF CRASHED LOCKHEED VENTURA AIRCRAFT NZ4613. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW IRELAND, 1945-10. A JAPANESE SERVICEMAN GUARDS A STORAGE AREA OF MIXED JAPANESE EQUIPMENT WHICH INCLUDES ARMOURED VEHICLES. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)