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CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. DRIVER D. COOMBS, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, IN A JEEP, PASSING AN UNEXPLODED HEAVY TYPE, JAPANESE AERIAL BOMB LYING ON THE ROAD TO CAPE PUS

WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE WEAPON PIT, ONE OF TWO, WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 PLATOON, 2/4 INFANTRY BATTALION, ON 1945-09-07. BOTH WEAPON PITS WERE ..

CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. PRIVATE J.N. WICKS (1), AND PRIVATE S.R. WILLIAMS (2), MEMBERS OF 2/2 INFANTRY BATTALION, SEARCHING AND SCROUNGING UNDER THE BONNET OF A JAPANESE STAFF ..

WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. A 20MM JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN ESTABLISHED IN ITS WEAPON PIT. THE JAPANESE USED THIS GUN TO FIRE ON WEWAK AIRSTRIP

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, DISCUSSING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER WITH MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER ..

CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. CORPORAL H. JOHNSON (1), DRIVER S. BATES (2), AND DRIVER K.A. WARREN (3), TRANSPORT PERSONNEL OF 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION, AT WORK ON THE MAINTENANCE OF ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ..

KAIRIRU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-10. JAPANESE GARRISON FORCES ON KAIRIRU AND MUSCHU ISLANDS, COMMANDED BY REAR-ADMIRAL S. SATO, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. THE ELECTRICAL SHOP, 126 BRIGADE WORKSHOP

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS CHECKING STORES SUPPLIED BY HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION. THE RATIONS CONSISTED OF RICE, TEA, SUGAR AND BULLY BEEF. MUSCHU AND ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-11. MUSCHU ISLAND NATIVES LOADED ON AUSTRALIAN BARGES WAITING TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW GUINEA MAINLAND, WHERE THEY WILL BE REHABILITATED BY AUSTRALIAN NEW ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-11. GROUP OF JAPANESE OFFICERS HAVING THEIR MID-DAY MEAL, EATING WITH CHOPSTICKS. THEY SUPPLEMENTED THEIR OWN RATIONS WITH A TIN OF BULLY BEEF. THE ISLAND IS NOW ..