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LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. MINOBE, JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICER (1) HANDING HIS SWORD TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.A. RUSSELL, COMMANDING OFFICER 8 FIELD AMBULANCE (2), A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY ..

KURURAI YAMA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. JEM M.D. BURHAN, A LIBERATED OFFICER AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. HE IS SMALL IN STATURE AND BECAUSE OF THIS WAS BEATEN MORE OFTEN BY THE JAPANESE. HE ..

KURURAI YAMA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. LIEUTENANT H.K. DAS, A LIBERATED OFFICER AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. HE CONTINUALLY PROTECTED HIS TROOPS WHEN THEY WERE CAUGHT STEALING RATIONS AND ..

JAPANESE SICK AND WOUNDED IN A BARGE ALONGSIDE THE DEBORAH, FOR EVACUATION FROM NUMA NUMA TO TOROKINA. THESE MOVES FOLLOW THE ARRIVAL AT NUMA NUMA PLANTATION OF MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER ..

KURURAI YAMA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. LIEUTENANT H.K. DAS, A LIBERATED OFFICER AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. HE IS DRESSED IN HIS PRISON GARB AND CARRIES A HUGE LOG AS HE USED TO DO WHEN A ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. HMAS KANIMBLA AT ANCHOR IN SIMPSON HARBOUR. THE VULCAN CRATER IS IN THE BACKGROUND

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-20. MAJOR F.A. GODING, BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, ACCOMPANIED BY JAPANESE OFFICERS, INSPECTING JAPANESE AMMUNITION DUMPS

TOBOI WHARF, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. A PARTY OF MISSIONARY SISTERS AND PRIESTS WHO HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM INTERNMENT AT RAMALE MISSION LEAVING THE WHARF AREA BY JEEP FOR 4 FIELD AMBULANCE WHERE ..

RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. SISTER M.M. WILSON (2) AND SISTER F.E. HENRY (4), ATTENDING SISTER MARY MICHAEL (1) AND SISTER MARY PHILOMENA (3), TWO OF THE NUNS EVACUATED FROM RAMALE ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. INDIAN TROOPS PLACE THEIR FIRST QUARTER GUARD SINCE PEACE AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD ONLY STICKS AS WEAPONS THIS GUARD ..

KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-10. SUPPLIES BEING PARACHUTED ON KAHILI AIRSTRIP FOR THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS. THE BUIN LIAISON PARTY IS ORGANISING SURRENDER DETAILS IN THE ..

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A CHINESE SENTRY STANDS GUARD WITH A PIECE OF RED AND WHITE PAINTED WOOD AT THE CHINESE INTERNMENT CAMP. HE IS ONE OF A COMPLETE UNIT BROUGHT FROM ..