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SAVO ISLAND. C.1944. CREW OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO 20 SQUADRON RAAF, COMMANDER A D WEARNE, IN A NATIVE VILLAGE. LEFT TO RIGHT, BACK ROW; BOB DRAPER; 2ND ENGINEER FRANK PARSONS; (POP); JIM ..

STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE BRITISH PASSENGER CARGO STEAMER GORGON, WHICH TOOK REINFORCEMENTS TO SINGAPORE AS PART OF CONVOY MS.1 IN 1942-01. ON 1943-04-13 SHE WAS BOMBED AND BADLY DAMAGED AT MILNE ..

AUSTRALIA. C.1940. STUDIO PORTRAIT OF VX19139 PRIVATE BRUCE STEEL KINGSBURY VC, 2/14TH INFANTRY BATTALION. PRIVATE KINGSBURY WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS POSTHUMOUSLY FOR ACTION IN THE ISUVARA ..

Bougainville, Solomon Islands. 1944-12-30. Troops of the Australian 2/25th Infantry Battalion taking cover on the rear slope of North-East Spur (Artillery Hill) when Japanese snipers opened up on ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE FRIGATE HMAS DIAMANTINA ARRIVING TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE ISLAND

ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. AERIAL VIEW OF THE MISSION AND CATHEDRAL WHICH WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN THE COURSE OF THE WAR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. L. A. KELLY, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS AND COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN GARRISON AND MAJOR G. D. CLARKSON, LIAISON OFFICER, LEAVING THE ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. G. ROSE, COMMANDER HMAS DIAMANTINA, WITH A GROUP OF HIS OFFICERS, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT ..

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. GROUP PORTRAIT OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY, HMAS DIAMANTINA, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE ..

MANUS ISLAND, ADMIRALTY ISLANDS. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PORT FACILITIES AND WHARF. A BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL AND A SMALL FREIGHTER ARE ALONGSIDE THE WHARF. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

Commander of the 18th Japanese Army in New Guinea, Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, with his surrender party moving away from Cape Wom airstrip after having signed the surrender document marking ..