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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FOR THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLANDS, ABOUT TO BOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA TO TAKE PART IN THE ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. AUSTRALIAN ARMY OFFICERS MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE ISLAND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER CEREMONY

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE OFFICERS CONFERRING PRIOR TO THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA ABOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) J. STEPHENSON (1), AND PTE G. ALLEN, 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A JAPANESE SIGN ON A BOMB WRECKED BUILDING DURING A PATROL THROUGH THE TOWN AREA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PERSONNEL OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION CHECKING THE DETAILS OF A JAPANESE TWIN BARREL 6" NAVAL GUN SOON AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. A JAPANESE HOSPITAL IN THE AREA CONTROLLED BY THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. MEMBERS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING AN 80MM COASTAL GUN EMPLACEMENT (JAPANESE) SOON AFTER THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE BEING GIVEN A LEI OF FLOWERS BY THE WIFE OF A NATIVE CHIEF ON HIS ARRIVAL ON THE ISLAND TO TAKE ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE LOOKING THROUGH A LARGE PAIR OF JAPANESE FIXED BINOCULARS WHILE INSPECTING ENEMY FORTIFICATIONS ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING JAPANESE TYPE 97 TANKETTES CAPTURED SOON AFTER MEMBERS OF THE UNIT OCCUPIED THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. PRIVATE CORFIELD, 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION MAKES FRIENDS WITH A YOUNG NAURUAN GIRL SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. JAPANESE POWS BOARDING A BARGE WHICH IS TO TAKE THEM OUT TO THE RAN VESSEL WHICH IS TO EVACUATE THEM TO BOUGAINVILLE SOON AFTER THE ISLAND WAS OCCUPIED BY TROOPS OF THE ..