RAMALE MISSION, KOKOPO AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON THE MISSION, THE HOME ...

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Kokopo Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Ramale Mission
Accession Number	096813
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description	3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

RAMALE MISSION, KOKOPO AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. VIEW LOOKING DOWN ON THE MISSION, THE HOME OF 158 INTERNEES, MOSTLY ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES, SINCE 1944-06. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE THE INTERNEES WERE LIBERATED WHEN TROOPS OF HQ 11 DIVISION OCCUPIED THE AREA.