The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Gracie Field and her husband Monty Banks arrived at Torokina in a RAAF Lodestar plane to begin a tour of the battlefields. She attended the Thanksgiving Service held for victory over Japan and sang "The Lord's Prayer". VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley Geprge Savige CB CBE DSO MC ED, General Officer Commanding 2 Australian Corps, arrives for the Thanksgiving Service, walks to Brigadier J. Field DSO ED, Commander 7th Australian Infantry Brigade.
Coverage of His Royal Highness (HRH) the Duke of Gloucester's - then Governor General of Australia, visit to Bougainville. HRH's Avro York aircraft at Piva airstrip. He is greeted by General Officer C
On 14 October 1945, at 0700 hours, a Liberator aircraft took off from Torokina Airstrip for Brisbane, Qld. This was the start of daily air service for high priority personnel to be flown direct to Aus
