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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-18. CORPORAL G. TYANN OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION, ON GUARD DUTY ABOARD THE RAN VESSEL THE HMAS GLENELG DURING THE EVACUATION OF THE JAPANESE POWS TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON ..

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 INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE ..

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

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, 1945-09-16. A BOMB WRECKED HOME IN THE TOWN AREA FOUND BY TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE

Lieutenant G H Lording, Intelligence Officer RAN questioning Nai Fai Ma, a Chinese interpreter, aboard HMAS Diamantina prior to the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAURU ISLAND, 1945-09-16. THE STEEL CANTILEVER LOADING WHARF OF THE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION WHICH WAS WRECKED BY A GERMAN RAIDER IN THE OPENING STAGES OF THE WAR

NAURU ISLAND, 1945-09-16. A MEMBER OF THE 31/51ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING THE RUINS OF ONCE PALATIAL HOMES SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE

NAURU. 1941-01. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER HMAS MANOORA LYING OFF NAURU AFTER THE ATTACK ON THE ISLAND BY A GERMAN RAIDER THE PREVIOUS MONTH. NOTE THE DAMAGED BUOY IN THE ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BEIAUN AND TABUNAWATI, OPENING BATSMEN FROM THE GILBERT ISLAND CRICKET TEAM, MOVING TO THE WICKETS. THE MEN ARE TAKING PART IN A MATCH ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE CANTILEVER WHARF WHICH WAS WRECKED BY ALLIED FORCES BEFORE IT FELL INTO JAPANESE HANDS, VIEWED FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE FRIGATE HMAS DIAMANTINA ARRIVING TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS