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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. SURGEON LIEUTENANT S. E. FINLAY RAN, AND SURGEON LIEUTENANT JONES RAN, OF HMAS DIAMANTINA, QUESTIONING A JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICER REGARDING HIS HOSPITAL PATIENTS SOON ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS UNDERGOING A KIT INSPECTION PRIOR TO THEIR EVACUATION TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS ON PARADE BEFORE BEING EVACUATED TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. ARMOURERS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING JAPANESE MOUNTAIN GUNS CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIT SOON AFTER THEY HAD OCCUPIED THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. A MEMBER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING THE STEEL CANTILEVER PHOSPHATE LOADING WHARF OF THE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION WHICH WAS WRECKED BY A GERMAN RAIDER ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS MOVING TO THE WHARF FOR EVACUATION TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS BOARDING A BARGE WHICH IS TO TAKE THEM OUT TO THE RAN VESSEL WHICH IS TO EVACUATE THEM TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER THE ISLAND WAS OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF THE ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-18. JAPANESE POWS ON THE DECKS OF THE RAN VESSEL, THE HMAS GLENELG, DURING THEIR EVACUATION TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK ..

NAURU ISLAND, 1945-09-13. MR W.V. BOTT, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION, BEING GREETED BY CHINESE AND NAURUAN LABOURERS ON HIS RETURN TO THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. THE LAUNCH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY BEING MADE FAST TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION RELAXING ON A BEACHED JAPANESE BARGE DURING ONE OF THEIR STAND DOWN PERIODS

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FOR THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLANDS, ABOUT TO BOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA TO TAKE PART IN THE ..