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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. WEAPONS UNDER TEST ABOARD THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MIVO RIVER DURING THE TWENTY FOUR HOUR WAIT FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE ..

OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, TO COMMANDER A. ..

RAMALE MISSION, KOKOPO AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-19. THE MISSION CEMETERY; NATIVES FROM THE NEARBY VILLAGE CARVED THE CRUCIFIX FIGURE

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. JAPANESE TROOPS ARE BEING USED TO PREPARE CAMP SITES FOR HQ 11 DIVISION AND 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE. SHOWN SOME OF THE HUNDRED JAPANESE SOLDIERS AT WORK IN THE RUINS OF ..

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-19. OFFICERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT SITTING ON A JAPANESE TYPE 97 CHI-HA MEDIUM TANK WHICH BEARS THE INSIGNIA OF A JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER. FOLLOWING THE ..

TALILIGAP, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-19. THE VIEW OF SIMPSON HARBOUR WITH THE CRATER VULCAN IN THE FOREGROUND. THIS SCENE WAS TAKEN AFTER AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED THE AREA FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF ..

KARAWOP, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-18. THE COLLEGE AREA AT THE EDUCATION SECTION, 2/6 CAVALRY COMMANDO REGIMENT

RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-19. A MEMBER OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT STANDING BESIDE A JAPANESE TYPE 97 TANKETTE. IN THE BACKGROUND ARE SEVERAL SURENDERED ARMOURED CARS. FOLLOWING THE ..

KARAWOP, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-18. LT-COL E.C. HENNESSY (1) AND CAPT N.V. WOODHOUSE (2), MEMBERS OF 2/6 CAVALRY COMMANDO REGIMENT, EDUCATION SECTION, DISCUSS PROPOSED CAMP SITE AND TAKE NOTES FROM ..

PRAED POINT, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. LT A.T. SCOTT, 37/52 INFANTRY BATTALION, INSPECTING ONE OF THE 6-INCH GUNS IN PRAED POINT FORTRESS AREA. THE UNIT IS OCCUPYING THE AREA FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ..

MATAPI CRATER, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-15. OVERSHADOWED BY THE CRATER IS THIS SMALL JAPANESE CEMETERY WHERE LIE BURIED JAPANESE SOLDIERS KILLED BY ALLIED BOMBING. IT ALSO CONTAINS, ACCORDING TO NATIVE ..

NAMANULA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-10-08. JAPANESE SIGNALMEN WORKING ON AN UNDERGROUND CABLE BY THE EDGE OF THE ROAD