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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. MEMBERS OF THE GUN CREW ABOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA AT THE READY AS THE VESSEL APPROACHES THE ISLAND, IN CASE OF ANY TREACHERY ON THE PART OF ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A SECTION OF THE NATIVE AUDIENCE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE FLAG RAISING CEREMONY SOON AFTER TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION TOOK OVER THE AREA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. THE LAUNCH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE INSPECTING PERSONNEL OF THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLAND ARMED NATIVE CONSTABULARY DURING THE ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A NAURUAN NATIVE WITH EQUIPMENT WHICH HE HAS SOUVENIRED FROM THE JAPANESE ARMY HEADQUARTERS SOON AFTER PERSONNEL OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION OCCUPIED THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A JAPANESE POW EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF THE JAPANESE NAVY INSIGNIA ON HIS CAR RADIATOR TO PRIVATE TRANSTON, 222ND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAINING THE DETAILS OF ONE OF THEIR RANGE FINDERS TO AN OFFICER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION ENJOYING THEIR LUNCH UNDER A LARGE TREE BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG RAISING CEREMONY

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON DSO, COMMANDING 11TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE AND MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY RECEIVING NATIVE CHIEFS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) G. ALLEN (1) AND PTE L. WHITMARSH (2), OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION GOING THROUGH A STACK OF JAPANESE PUMPKINS WHILE CHECKING THE JAPANESE FOOD RESERVES ..

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. MEMBERS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING A JAPANESE 6" NAVAL GUN EMPLACEMENT SOON AFTER THEIR OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAKAYAMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, WHO WAS CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION