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Vunapope, New Britain. Sisters and Priests aboard the Army barge on their way to the motor launch Gloria. they are being evacuated from the Mission in Ramale Valley to Rabaul. Contact with the ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-20. MAJOR F.C. TAYLOR, BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HQ 2 CORPS, DISCUSSING THE DAY'S REQUIREMENTS WITH COMMANDANT IKIGAMI, JAPANESE NAVAL COMMANDER

TOBOI WHARF, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. A PARTY OF MISSIONARY SISTERS AND PRIESTS FROM THE RAMALE MISSION BEING ASSISTED ONTO THE WHARF FROM THE MOTOR LAUNCH GLORIA, OPERATED BY 16 SMALL SHIPS ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A CHINESE PLATOON, PART OF A COMPLETE UNIT BROUGHT FROM SINGAPORE BY THE JAPANESE TO WORK IN NEW BRITAIN DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THEY ARE ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. SHAIK AHAMAD, A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE WASTED CONDITION OF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WHO HAVE SUFFERED ILL TREATMENT AND ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A GROUP OF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THEY REFLECT THE ILL TREATMENT METED OUT BY THE JAPANESE. SOME ARE TOO WEAK TO STAND. ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. BRIGADIER S.F. LEGGE, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE SURRENDER COMMISSION, STEPPING ASHORE FROM A LANDING BARGE. HE IS VISITING THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. SICK JAPANESE SOLDIERS LYING IN ONE OF THEIR HUTS. THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS IS ORGANISING SURRENDER DETAILS IN THE AREA

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. A MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES PREPARING TAPIOCA PATTIES IN A HUT AT THE JAPANESE CAMP. THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS IS ORGANISING SURRENDER ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-17. THE SURRENDER COMMISSIONER AND PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS ARRIVED IN NUMA NUMA HARBOUR TO TAKE OVER FROM THE JAPANESE AFTER THE SURRENDER. SHOWN JAPANESE COMMANDER ..

BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-17. THE JAPANESE COMMANDER (1), JAPANESE INTERPRETER (2), LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, AUSTRALIAN INTERPRETER (3) AND CAPTAIN W. DAVIES (4), ON BOARD THE SHIP WHICH CARRIED THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-24. MAJOR GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR OFFICERS, INSPECTING JAPANESE NAVAL PERSONNEL. HE WILL INSPECT ..