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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. LIEUTENANT W.W. ROWED, OFFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, MAKING A PENCIL SKETCH OF JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICER. THE ARTIST ACCOMPANIED THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM ..

KARAWOP, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-18. SERGEANT H.J. HODGE (1), WARRANT OFFICER 1 F.A.H. MCKENZIE (2) AND SERGEANT A. WELLS (3), MEMBERS OF 2/6 CAVALRY COMMANDO REGIMENT EDUCATION SECTION, SEATED IN ..

BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-19. CAPTAIN C. SLATTERY, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HQ 2 CORPS, ADDRESSING NATIVE ..

SORAKEN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-17. MEMBERS OF 8 INFANTRY BATTALION WATCHING A JAPANESE WORKING PARTY LOADING RATIONS ONTO JAPANESE BARGES FOR TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION TO JAPANESE TROOPS IN THE ..

KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-26. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE ..

BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LISTING AND PLACING NAME TAGS ON THE SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR COLLECTION BY AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY ..

MOEM, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-17. THE REBURIAL SERVICE CONDUCTED BY CHAPLAIN S. COWEN, HQ 6 DIVISION (3), AT THE AIF WAR CEMETERY, FOR THREE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS OF THE Z SPECIAL FORCE WHOSE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. CORPORAL D. HAMILL, 11 DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY, STANDING OUTSIDE A JAPANESE SENTRY BOX AT AN INTERSECTION IN RABAUL TOWNSHIP. TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE ARE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. ENTRANCE PORTAL AND STEPS TO THE SITE OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION HAS ESTABLISHED ITS ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON THE RUINS OF THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT RABAUL. SIMPSON HARBOUR IN BACKGROUND. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, HEADQUARTERS 11 ..

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 ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE WORKING PARTY ERECTING TENTS FOR TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION IN THE FORMER GOVERNMENT HOUSE AREA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED RABAUL AFTER THE ..