PALMALMAL, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-08. AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ALLIED PRISONERS ...

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PALMALMAL, JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-08. AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ALLIED PRISONERS WERE PICKED UP AT RABAUL BY HMAS VENDETTA AND BROUGHT TO JACQUINOT BAY. THEY WERE THEN TAKEN BY ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIR-SEA RESCUE BOAT TO 2/8TH GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHOWN, SUPERINTENDENT K. LAWRIE, RED CROSS SOCIETY, DISTRIBUTING PAPERS TO GUNNER F.W. SLATER OF RETFORD, ENGLAND; GUNNER A.T.J. BAKER, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND; AND GUNNER J.K. WALKER OF RYHL, WALES.