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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-13. SHIPPING BERTHED AT BURNS PHILPS TOWN WHARF. THESE INCLUDE ARMY VESSELS, A GOVERNMENT SALVAGE BOAT, AND SALVAGED JAPANESE SHIPPING.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. WRECKED JAPANESE VESSELS ARE NUMEROUS ALL ROUND SIMPSON HARBOUR, DESTROYED DURING ALLIED AIR ATTACKS. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE SCENE NEAR BURNS PHILP WHARF. TROOPS OF
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-10. JAPANESE TROOPS DEMOLISHING A TYPICAL JAPANESE PILLBOX SITUATED NEAR THE GOVERNMENT WHARF.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. THE SALVAGE SHIP CAMBRIAN SALVOR, OPERATED BY MEMBERS OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, MOORED ALONGSIDE THE JAPANESE TANKER NO. 5301 (ON LEFT) DURING SALVAGE OPER
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-29. WRECKED JAPANESE SHIPS NEAR VULCAN CRATER. THE SALVAGE BOAT OPERATED BY COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD IS WORKING ON A JAPANESE NAVAL TANKER AND SUPPLY VESSEL SUNK
TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. THE PAPUAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VESSEL LAURABADA BERTHED ALONGSIDE THE WRECKED TOBOI WHARF. THIS SHIP WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CIVIL CONTROL TO THE ROYAL AUSTR
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-30. J. WHITE, A MEMBER OF COMMONWEALTH MARINE SALVAGE BOARD, EXAMINING A HOLE MADE THROUGH A VENTILATOR AND A TANK BY AN ALLIED BOMB. IT PASSED THROUGH THE JAPANESE VESSEL
