TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-14. A PARTY OF 79 CHINESE ARRIVED BY TRUCK AT TOROKINA COMPOUND. ...

Places	Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, South Bougainville Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, South Bougainville, Buin
Accession Number	096560
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Black & white
Physical description	Black & white
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-14. A PARTY OF 79 CHINESE ARRIVED BY TRUCK AT TOROKINA COMPOUND. FORMER PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE, THEY WERE RELEASED WHEN AUSTRALIAN TROOPS OCCUPIED THE JAPANESE BASE AT BUIN IN SOUTH BOUGAINVILLE. THEY ARE SHOWN IN THE COMPOUND MOVING OFF TO THEIR QUARTERS.