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CAPE WOM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-15. SERGEANT J. HANSON, HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION, RINGING THE MESS GONG. THE GONG IS MADE FROM AN OLD USED CARTRIDGE CASE OF A 25-POUNDER SHELL

THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG, SIZE 30 X 15, WHICH WAS TAKEN TO RABAUL AND ERECTED OVER THE RUINS OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE NAMES OF 5 DIVISION OFFICERS ARE STENCILLED ON THE FLAG. FOLLOWING THE ..

BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-15. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, PREPARED FOR SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE JAPANESE WENT ASHORE AT JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, BONIS PENINSULA. SHOWN ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. A JAPANESE 105MM ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN MOUNTED ON A HIGH FEATURE NEAR THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL. COMMANDING SUCH A STRATEGIC POSITION IT WAS A SOURCE OF ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. NUMEROUS TYPE 2 KA-MI AMPHIBIOUS TANKS CAPTURED AT RABAUL. RIGHT SIDE VIEW SHOWING NUMBERS ON THE TURRETS AND WITHOUT FLOTATION PODS AFFIXED (PODS AT FRONT AND REAR ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE ENTRANCE STEPS TO THE SITE OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL WITH THE DRIVE IN THE BACKGROUND. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. VIEW LOOKING DOWN THE DRIVE OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION ESTABLISHED ITS HEADQUARTERS ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION ERECTING A TEMPORARY CAMP IN THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AREA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION OCCUPIED THE RABAUL AREA. OWING TO DESTRUCTION BY ALLIED AIR ATTACK OF ALL ABOVEGROUND ..

BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-16. SERGEANT G.F. PALMER, ACCOMPANYING JAPANESE STRETCHER CASES BEING EVACUATED TO 17 FIELD AMBULANCE, SORAKEN, FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. MEDICAL ATTENTION ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. ENTRANCE PILLARS TO THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL, WITH A FORMER JAPANESE STAFF CAR ON THE DRIVE. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, HEADQUARTERS 11 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE AND REOCCUPATION OF RABAUL BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS A GROUP OF LULULAI AND TUL TULS (NATIVE OFFICIALS) FROM 26 SURROUNDING ..