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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-27. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN DIXIE ROBISON CHAPMAN OF ADELAIDE, SA, TALKING TO 265838 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) C. M. HEMINGWAY OF MOSMAN, NSW, ..

MILNE BAY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. C. 1943. A RAAF RADAR STATION HIDDEN IN A COCONUT PLANTATION AND CAMOUFLAGED MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NATIVE HUT

Bougainville. August 1945. The Japanese envoy Captain Takenanka, who was deputed by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) M. Kanda, Commander of the Imperial Japanese 17th Army Group, to approach the ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. THE CONGREGATION AT A THANKSGIVING SERVICE FOR RAAF PERSONNEL HELD IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHAPEL, CONDUCTED BY PADRE ROSS BORDER OF ..

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ONE OF THE MOST AUDACIOUS RESCUES EVER CARRIED OUT BY THE RAAF, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, A TEXAS MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE ..

WEWAK AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945-06. IN ORDER TO RESCUE AN AMERICAN PILOT, LIEUTENANT (LT) J. P. CARTER, WHO HAD BALED OUT OF HIS LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT NEAR ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY, TWO ..

Kwinbu, New Guinea. 1945-07-28. A wounded native of the New Guinea Infantry Battalion being carried from the village of Gisananbu to a surgical post at Kwinbu

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. 9 March 1945. Local natives in ceremonial dances for the Australian troops in the area

Aitape Sector, New Guinea. 1945-03. Australian troops advancing along the beach towards But, during the Aitape-Wewak campaign

Wewak, New Guinea. 1945. Veterans of the 6th Australian Division AIF landing at Wewak in the final assault on the area

But Beach, New Guinea. May 1945. Australian officers at a church service on the beach on the eve of the amphibious operation which resulted in the annihilation of the Japanese on the Wewak ..

Wewak Area, New Guinea. 24 May 1945. Members of Australian commando unit with a Japanese woodpecker machine gun captured by them at Dove Creek