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OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. WAR CORRESPONDENTS INTERVIEWING GILBERTESE ISLANDER NABETARI WHO LIVED AT SEA FOR 7 MONTHS IN ESCAPING FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THE OCCUPATION. MAJ R.F. WAKEFIELD, BRITISH ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. LT- CDR NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMD 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS ..

OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. NABETARI, A GILBERTESE ISLANDER WHO LIVED AT SEA FOR 7 MONTHS WHILE ESCAPING FROM THE JAPANESE DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND. MAJ R.F. WAKEFIELD, BRITISH DISTRICT ..

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 ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE INSPECTING PERSONNEL OF THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLAND ARMED NATIVE CONSTABULARY DURING THE ..

APIA, SAMOA. C.1859. PHOTOGRAPH OF A PAINTING DEPICTING THE BRIG HMS ELK DEPARTING APIA. THE ARTIST APPEARS TO BE A. H. MOSSCHAMP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

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 ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. THE CAPTAINS OF CRICKET TEAMS FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA AND GILBERT ISLAND TOSSING TO SEE WHICH SIDE WILL BAT. HMAS DIAMANTINA IS ON ITS WAY ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAM FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA AND THE TEAM FROM GILBERT ISLAND. HMAS DIAMANTINA IS VISITING THE ISLAND EN ROUTE TO ..

TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. LEADING SEAMAN (A) G. CROWE, OF HMAS DIAMANTINA CRICKET TEAM PUTTING ON THE PADS BEFORE GOING OUT TO BAT. HE IS WATCHED BY AN ADMIRING ..

Japan. c. 1942. Portrait of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet. Admiral Yamamoto was a dominant personality in the Japanese navy and was the author of the plan to attack ..