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Admiral Samejima and party going to Sarnauso Island as PW's
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Vice-Admiral Baron Tomoshige Samejima, Commander-in-chief, Japanese Navy, Northern Solomons, travelling on one of the remaining remnants of Japanese sea power from Kahili to Sarnauso Island in the Fau...ART25244
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Aeroplane graveyard, Nadzab
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The Nadzab area - scene of great air activity during the Ramu and Finisterres campaign, now presents a desolate sight. A large aeroplane dump stands as mute testimony to the wastage of war, while odd ...ART23725
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'After the war', Bougainville bomb scared ruins, Rabaul
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Situated near the site of the old town at Rabaul are the remains of Japanese installations. Japanese parties can be seen cleaning up the mess, New Britain.ART23724
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Airstrip, Ozuki
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2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), area near Chofu and Shimoniseki. This aerodrome was used for the training of Japanese kamikaze pilots during the later stages of the war. From here they would...ART26382
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Alongside BCOF ferry terminal, Koyo, Eta Jima
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Familiar scene to all travellers on the Koyo - Kure ferry.ART26383
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Anchors, Kure
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A heap of old ruined chains and anchors in the ruined dock-yard at Kure suggests a symbol of maritime decay.ART26736
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Auster airstrip near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville
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Auster airstrip of the Royal Australian Air Force near Puriata River, Bougainville - Oxley Field, Bougainville.ART22418
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Austers
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Maintenance on Austers "Butch IV, No.9, Royal Australian Air Force,( RAAF), Oxley Field, near Puriata River, South Bougainville.ART25211
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Australians at fruit market, Rabaul
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Australians at fruit market, Tahili, Rabaul, site of market close to several infantry battalions.ART26179
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Beaufort
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A Beaufort aircraft at 10 Local Air Supply Unit, (L.A.S.U), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF),Piva, Bougainviulle, August 1945.ART25219
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Boating, Lake Chuzenji
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Australian troops boating on Lake Chuzenji, in the Nikko area of Japan, 80 miles north of Tokyo during leave stay at the "Lakeside Hotel", one of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) chain...ART26540
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Bomb Dump
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Dispersed in a cutting through the jungle, the bombs are conveyed to the airstrip for loading on the small trolleys and drawn by a tractor, seen right middle distance. A plane on the strip awaiting lo...ART22422
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Boxing match, Wewak Point
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Wewak Point Stadium on a Saturday night after the surrender, featuring one of the recreational activities provided for the troops after the Japanese surrender. The Aitape-Wewak campaign, fought in New...ART25508
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Bridge to the leave hostel, Beppu
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The Leave Hostel at Beppu, named "Hakuum Hostel", was a former favorite holiday place for Hirohito. British Commonwealth Occupation Force troops now relax in the once very exclusive holiday rendezvous...ART26734
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Brigadier David Whitehead
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2 Australian Imperial Force; NX376 Brigadier David Adie Whitehead, CBE, DSO and Bar, MC, MID (twice), Commanding 26 Bde; North AfricaART31775
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'Britcom Base' labour pool, Kure
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A large amount of Japanese labour is employed by the occupation forces and casuals and new people signed in are sorted out early in the morning at the pool.ART26378
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Camp kitchen
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At a Royal Australian Air Force Auster Airstrip, South Bougainville.ART25212
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Corporal Reid
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Piva; No 5 Mobile Works (later Airfield Construction) Squadron; Corporal Reid, Fitter 2E, No 5 Sqdn RAAFART25248
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Corsair and bric-a-brac
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A scene on the Air Station of the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Piva Airstrip, Torokina, Bougainville.ART25224
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Corsair maintenance
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A Vought Corsair aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force under repair at 31 Servicing Unit, R.N.Z.A.F at Piva Airstrip, Bougainville.ART25227
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Counting confiscated yen - Repatriation Centre, Senzaki
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Money confiscated from Koreans is counted by Japanese officials - Koreans who try to get into Japan often have large amounts of yen and authorities are mystified as to how and where it is acquired.ART26737
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Cutting up midget submarines, Kure
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Kure Naval dockyards. These submarines were situated at the end of a dock full of ships, midget submarines and scrap iron. Japanese under British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) control are busy...ART26379
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Engineers repairing bridge, Wewak, N.G.
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Australian Army Engineers repairing a bridge at Wewak, New Guinea, about a mile from Cape Worn on the road to Wewak Point. A wrecked Japanese truck can be seen in the stream below the road.ART23726
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Epitomization of SNAFU, Otaki
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Wrecked oil refinery. Otaki is a repatriation area for returning Japanese POW. 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force Cavalry Division are in control of the centre.ART26385
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Fallen idol, Hiroshima
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Ruined masonary and a fallen Buddah, are all that remain of a one time shrine.ART26372
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General Kanda's house, Buin
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Lieutenant-General Masatane Kanda, commanded 17th Japanese Army and was Officer-in-Charge of all Japanese Forces on Bougainville and adjacant islands.ART25237
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Hiro
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View across to the landscape near the Japanese town of Hiro. Pictured is the site of Headquarters 66th Australian Infantry Battalion, which situated in long buildings in the middle distance of the im...ART26715
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Hiroshima
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The centre of the atomic disturbance. The building on the right with the dome was the aiming point for the bomb.ART26374
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Hiroshima
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A view of the epicentre of Hiroshima following the dropping of the Atomic Bomb. People are walking through the debris of broken rubble, with some partially destroyed buildings still standing. The Hi...ART26539
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Hiroshima
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Japanese are rummaging among wreckage following the bombing of Hiroshima. There is a twisted steel structure still standing, but the rest of the landscape has been flattened and is strewn with wrecka...ART26717
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Hiroshima snow
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A view of the bombed ruins of the city of Hiroshima during snow storm. Pictured in the foreground is a stone lantern, rubble, and some tree branches. On the other side of a body of water is the bomb ...ART26713
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Japanese at Mess - Fauro Island
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Japanese prisoners of war at Fauro Island where they have been interned, are seen eating a meal, Fauro Island, South of Bougainville.ART25233
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Japanese evacuating Kahili
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Japanese naval troops packing up to move to prisoner-of-war camp at Fauro Island. An unusual type of Japanese hut can be seen in the background, Bougainville.ART25234
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Japanese going home
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Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-War Camp off the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriation to Japan.ART25251
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Japanese going home
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Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-War Camp oof the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriaton to Japan, New Guinea.ART25250
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Japanese going home
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Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-war camp off the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriation to Japan, New Guinea.ART25249
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Japanese Naval M.P Sentry
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Detail note of Japanese uniform at Japanese Naval Headquarters, Buka Passage, Bougainville.ART25232
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Japanese Sampans, Kure Harbour
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Close to Eta Jima ferry terminal. The mountain in the background has a road to the top where there was an ack ack post. A fine view of the island of inland sea can be obtained from there.ART26377
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Japanese sick
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Depicts three sketches of a sick Japanese man, at 17 Field Ambulande, Bougainville. Japanese sick were evacuated by hospital barge to 17th Australian Field Ambulance at Soraken Peninsular, North Boug...ART25235
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Japanese tanks, Rabaul
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Enemy tanks surrendered and now in 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment area. Japanese tank crews look after maintenance and repairs; Australian Armoured personnel amuse themselves by driving the tanks ...ART25252
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Japanese unloading ammunition for dumping
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Showing Japanese under surveillance of Australians, loading arms and ammunition into barges to be taken to sea and dumped. This panorama shows, from left to right, the mother volcano Matupi and south ...ART25266
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Japanese war criminals' compound, Rabaul
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Japanese prisoners-of-war awaiting trial guarded by a native soldier.ART25256
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Jemadar Chint Singh
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Portrait depicting 13887 Jemadar Chint Singh, 2/12 Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army. The last surviving member of Indian prisoner-of-war in Wewak area. Taken prisoner in Singapore in 1942, he was ...ART25268
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Koreans' Repatriation Centre, Senzaki, Japan
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The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) were in charge of the Repatriation Centre at Senzaki where Koreans were deported to Korea.ART26712
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Landing Japanese on Fauro Island
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Approximately 18,000 Japanese from the Buin area were transported over 60 kilometers by sea to the Fauro Group. Australian barges carred the main body and this picture shows the scene on one of the be...ART25245
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Living Skeleton
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Drawn at the Japanese Naval Headquarters Hospital, Buka Passage. One of the many Japanese who died through lack of skilled medical attention and neglect.ART25262
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Matilda on the perimeter, South Bougainville
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Matilda refers to a tank, which is pictured moving through a jungle in South Bougainville, New Guinea.ART22419
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Matuhi Volcano, Rabaul
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At the end of Laksunai airstrip is Matuhi volcanoe. In the foreground is a wrecked Japanese aircraft and a small group of men.ART25264
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New tail wanted
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10 Local Air Supply Unit, (L.A.S.U) of the Royal Australian Air Force at work on an aircraft, Piva Airstrip, Bougainville.ART25220
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No. 5 Squadron RAAF, Piva airstrip Bougainville - the new engine
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Personnel of No.5 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force hoisting a new aero engine in readiness to fit it in an aircraft.ART22420
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Notes on diversity of Japanese clothing
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This drawing shows a series of sketches on the diversity of Japanese clothing as worn by Japanese prisoners-of-war during the Second World War. One sketch is identified as CMD Tarahashi (second left) ...ART25239
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Okinawa Japanese being inoculated preparatory to repatriation to their homeland
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Repatriation Centre at Ujima near Hiroshima controlled by 65th Australian Infantry Battalion. Men, women and children stand in a queue to receive an inoculation.ART26380
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Old Japanese hut, Buka Passage
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Hut at Japanese Naval Headquarters Buka Passage, Bougainville. Sketch made during surrender negotiations.ART25246
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Pattern of hills, Eta Jima
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Headquarters of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) on the island of Eta Jima, Japan. In the background are terraced hills.ART26716
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Petty Officer Tsuji
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Depicting portrait of Naval Petty Officer Tsuji, at Japanese Navy Headquarters, Buka Passage.ART25261
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Pilot's rigout - Pilot, R.N.Z.A.F
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A working drawing of an unidentified pilot wearing a pilot rigout, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Piva Airstrip, Torokina, Bougainville.ART25226
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POW returning to Japan
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Otaki repatriation centre controlled by No.2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) Cavalry Division. Japanese are greeted by the sight of the great industrial wreckage in the background.ART26381
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Pratt and Whitney engine repair section
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Pratt and Whitney Engine Repair Section, 25 Servicing Unit, Royal New Zealand (RNZAF), Piva Airstrip, Bougainville.ART25222
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Private Kenna winning the V.C.
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Unfinished oil painting of the action that resulted in Private Edward (Ted) Kenna receiving the Victoria Cross. On 15 May 1945, Kenna was involved in an action near Wewak, New Guinea, during which he ...ART26188
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Ramale mission
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A Sister of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Ferreira Maria Immaculata FMI) of Vunepope identifying war criminals suspected of ill-treatment of local Tolai, Bainings and New Guinea Islanders. Depicte...ART26178
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Rebuilding Hiroshima
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This sketch was made almost on the first anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Japanese civilians are clearing away rubble to make a site for another shanty.ART26220
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Regatta, Dallman Harbour, Wewak
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6th Australian Division troops at Wewak holding a regatta on 11th November, 1945. Yatching was taken up as a post-war recreation. The boat building was done by the boys themselves.ART26184
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Repatriation centre, Senzaki, a very disappointed Korean
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Koreans are only allowed to retain 1000 yen before being sent back to their homeland. This one has just been relieved of a large sum and is a little upset. A New Zealand soldier gently pushes him on h...ART26738
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Repatriation centre, Senzaki - Innoculating a child
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A Korean child is passing through the medical line-up prior to being returned to Korea. The child is just starting to cry after having five injections in quick succession. The Repatriation Centre at S...ART26732
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Repatriation centre, Ujina, inoculating Okinawan child
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This Japanese repatriation centre at Ujina - near Hiroshima - is under the control of British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) and supervised by 65th Australian Infantry Battalion. The sketch was ...ART26740
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Samurai with sword
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Samurai with sword, drawn for the Australian War Memorial Christmas Book. The drawing suggests original old Japanese prints featuring Samurai with swords.ART26217
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Searching Jap POW, Fairo Island
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Field Security Officers searching Japanese gear after the Japanese prisoners-of-war had been landed from barges, Fauro Island, south of Bougainville.ART23718
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Searching Jap prisoners
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Field Security Unit officers searching the gear of Japanese prisoners-of-war who have been brought by barge from Bougainville Island to Fauro Island for internment, Fauro Island, Solomons.ART25243
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Shimoniseki
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Shimoniseki is the rail terminal in the south-west of Honshu Island and is close to Chafu where Headquarters 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force, (NZEF), is established. The town is badly battered about...ART26366
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Sick Japanese
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A sick Japanese man lies on a stretcher, evacuated by hospital barge to 17th Australian Field Ambulance, Soraken Peninsular, North Bougainville.ART25236
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Sig maintenance
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Signal technicians of "B" Squadron, 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment overhauling radio equipment on the Buin Road, near Hongorai River, South Bougainville.ART25260
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Sigs cable laying station
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A number of submarine cables were laid between Eta Jima and various points along the coast of the mainland to provide increased telephone channels between British Commonwealth Occupied Forces (BCOF) a...ART26375
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Sorting Swords, Buka Passage, Bougainville
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Japanese listing and sorting swords prior to handing them over. Japanese Naval Headquarters, Buka Passage, North Bougainville.ART23721
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Still bombed out, October '46
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Only a few minutes by jeep from the elaborate and unharmed Diet building, families live in humpies like this one, reminiscent of the Dudley Flats in Melbourne. This winter will be a hard one for them.ART26373
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Submarine dockyard, Kure
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Japanese dockyard workers cleaning scrap from the bottom of a dock once almost filled with midget submarines and other junk.ART26376
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Tank maintenance
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A Matilda tank of "B" Squadron, 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment, near Hongorai, 5 RNGA, Bougainville.ART25213
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The scavengers
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The used vehicle and aeroplane dump at Torokina. Australians are hunting for useful scrap dumped by Americans, Bougainville.ART22421
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The Squadron C.O. (Flight Lieutenant Griffiths)
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Depicts a portrait of Flight Lieutenant Griffiths, Commanding, No 5 Squadron, No 5 Mobile Works (later Airfield Construction) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Piva Airstrip, Torokina, Bougainvill...ART25218
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Tokyo canal
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A view across a Tokyo canal. This area once contained many modern buildings, but these were severely damaged or reduced to rubble.ART26384
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Water craft, Saposa
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Sketch of two vessels from the Water Transport Company at Saposa Island, North Bougainville.ART25231
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"Wokira" Native Police Boy
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Portrait depicting "Wokira", native police boy, New Guinea Constabulary, Bougainville, NewART26059
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Wrecked installations, Rabaul
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Remains of Japanese oil tanks and salt ponds at the end of Lakunai airstrip.ART25258
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Wrecked Japanese barge
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Malaguna area on Simpson Harbour. One of a number of wrecks that litter the shores of the bay. The extinct volcano "The Mother" appears in the distance, Rabaul, New Britain.ART23723
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Wrecked Japanese barge - Buka Passage
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Barges destroyed by bombing, North Bougainville, Sahana Island. Pre-invasion residence of administration is in the background.ART23719