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RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE TANK CREWS IN FRONT OF A LINE OF TANKS AT THE AIRSTRIP WHICH ARE BEING HANDED OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION AT VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP EXAMINING WRECKED JAPANESE BOMBER

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. WRECKED JAPANESE SHIPS NEAR VULCAN CRATER. THE SALVAGE BOAT OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD IS WORKING ON A JAPANESE NAVAL TANKER AND SUPPLY VESSEL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. W.R. BERWICK, SALVAGE ENGINEER (1), AND J. RUSHTON, SHIPWRIGHT (2), ON ONE OF THE JAPANESE SPEED LAUNCHES ON THE FORWARD DECK OF THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301. THE ..

MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. GAPING HOLE IN SIDE OF THE JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP, HITATI MARU, WHICH RAN ASHORE NEAR KANGU HILL AFTER SUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE BARGES LITTER THE BEACH NEAR KANGU HILL AS A RESULT OF ALLIED BOMBING

BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE BARGE, NOW OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, WHICH RAN ASHORE AT KANGU HILL, A JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT STRONGPOST, AFTER ALLIED BOMBING NEAR BUIN NAVAL ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-16. THE NEW AQ AND G STAFF BUILDINGS, HEADQUARTERS 5 BASE SUB AREA. THEIR ORIGINAL TEMPORARY TENTS ARE SITUATED ON THE RIGHT

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-11-16. JAPANESE WORKING PARTY PULLING A HUGE ROLLER TO FLATTEN AN EXHIBITION TENNIS COURT ON SERVICE ROAD, WHERE EXHIBITION TENNIS MATCHES WILL BE STAGED BY PROMINENT ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-16. TWO BUKA NATIVES AT THE WELL OUTSIDE THE LIVING QUARTERS OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL MCLELLAN, BASE COMMANDER, HEADQUARTERS 5 BASE SUB AREA

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-16. THE SIGNAL OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS 5 BASE SUB AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION. JAPANESE WORKING PARTY IN THE FOREGROUND ARE PUTTING IN WIRING

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. A BOX OF JAPANESE 75 MM AMMUNITION IN STORAGE IN 11 DIVISION AREA, SHOWING RUST AND CORROSION CAUSED BY POOR WATERPROOFING