SORAKEN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-20. A JAPANESE WORKING PARTY LOADING RATIONS ONTO JAPANESE BARGES ...

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Accession Number 096786
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SORAKEN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-20. A JAPANESE WORKING PARTY LOADING RATIONS ONTO JAPANESE BARGES FOR TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION TO TROOPS IN THE BUKA AREA, AS ARRANGED BY THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HQ 2 CORPS. THE RATIONS CONSISTED OF TINNED FISH, MEAT AND VEGETABLES, RICE, SALT AND SOAP -- IN ALL SEVEN TONS.