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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945. 'TAGESSI' PONTOON BRIDGE - SCENE OF TRAGIC DISASTER 1945-01-11. ELEVEN AUSTRALIANS DROWNED

SLATER'S KNOLL, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08. MASS GRAVE OF 125 JAPANESE

Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-07-22. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, DSO, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) INSPECTING NATIVE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS DURING HIS VISIT TO THE ..

BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 'LOEWS BOUGAINVILLE' - AMERICAN OPEN AIR CINEMA LATER TAKEN OVER BY THE AUSTRALIANS

CAPE WOM, WEWAK SECTOR, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL HATAZO ADACHI, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 18TH ARMY, BEING TAKEN TO THE PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF DOCUMENTS ..

SALAMAUA, NEW GUINEA, C. 1945. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE (AWAS) WITH AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ON THE WRECK OF THE JAPANESE TRANSPORT KOTOKU MARU, WHICH WAS ABANDONED AFTER BEING ..

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA, 1945-05. REMAINS OF THE JAPANESE AIRFORCE

NEW GUINEA, 1944-04-11. A GROUP OF ALLIED SOLDIERS IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA, WHICH INCLUDES DUTCH, AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, TAKE TIME OFF FROM BEACH PATROL TO HAVE A YARN AND A SMOKE

STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE ATTACK CLASS PATROL BOAT HMAS ATTACK (P90), TURNING TO PORT AT SPEED. ATTACK WAS THE FIRST RAN PATROL BOAT LAUNCHED AND THE FIRST BUILT AT EVANS DEAKIN, BRISBANE. SHE PAID ..

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA, 1943-11-15. INSIDE THE DOUGLAS TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT SHOWING THE SMALL AMOUNT OF SPACE NECESSARY TO STOW A SHORT 25-POUNDER GUN AFTER IT HAS BEEN DISMANTLED

LYTTON, QLD. 1943-11-11. GUN DRILL AT T AUSTRALIAN HEAVY BATTERY, 155MM. EQUIPMENT. PERSONNEL ARE TRAINED HERE TO TAKE OVER FORTRESS AREAS IN NEW GUINEA. SHOWN ARE: GUNNER HAWKES (1); BOMBARDIER W. ..