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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. AN OFFICER OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT STANDING NEAR ONE OF SIX JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS IN A TUNNEL BEHIND RABAUL TOWNSHIP. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE ..

MALAGUNA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. MR. R. DIERCKE, A NEW IRELAND CIVILIAN (1), BEING INTERVIEWED BY WAR CORRESPONDENT MR. R. JOHNSTON (2), AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM NEW IRELAND FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ..

Father Gerard Peekel being assisted from a landing barge after being released by the Japanese during a surrender ceremony at Fangalawa Bay. Father Peekel along with five nuns, Sisters M Brigitta, M ..

VUNAPOPE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. MAJOR L.W. HEINICKE, FIRST ARMY, HANDING COFFEE TO SISTERS ON BOARD THE MOTOR LAUNCH GLORIA. SISTERS AND PRIESTS ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM THE MISSION IN RAMALE ..

VUNAPOPE, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE NAVAL GUARDS AT VUNAPOPE MISSION WATCHING THE AUSTRALIAN PARTY COME IN FOR THE EVACUATION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC SISTERS AND PRIESTS FROM RAMALE VALLEY ..

Vunapope, New Britain. Among Sisters and Priests evacuated from the Mission in Ramale Valley to Rabaul was Father Stherhag, the eldest of the Priests who has served in Missions for thirty six ..

Sisters and Priests boarding an Army barge for transfer to the motor launch Gloria. They are being evacuated from the Mission in Ramale Valley to Rabaul. Contact with the internees was made by ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. MAJOR GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, ADDRESSING TROOPS OF 6 DIVISION, DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-09. TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION ARRIVING AT THE WHARF IN TRUCKS TO EMBARK ON HMAS MANOORA. THE MANOORA CARRIED TROOPS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF RABAUL, ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-08. PRIVATE J.B. KEPCHIA, AVIATION RADIO MAN, USAAF, FROM PENNSYLVANIA, AN ALLIED PRISONER PICKED UP AT RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND BROUGHT TO ..

JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-09. TROOPS OF 13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, ABOARD HMAS MANOORA AFTER EMBARKATION. THE MANOORA CARRIED TROOPS FOR THE OCCUPATION OF THE RABAUL ..

SIMPSON HARBOUR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF A COMPANY, 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, ON THEIR WAY TO THE LANDING BEACH. THE TROOPS WILL OCCUPY THE RABAUL AREA, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER ..