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Photograph 099867 Second World War, 1939-1945KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. JAPANESE TROOPS PASSING THROUGH 11 DIVISION CHECKING POINT BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR RETURN TO JAPAN.

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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. FORMOSAN AND KOREAN TROOPS LEAVING THE DEMILITARIZED JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE FIRST DRAFT OF JAPANESE TROOPS TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMELAND.
KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. JAPANESE TROOPS PASSING THROUGH 11 DIVISION CHECKING POINT BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR RETURN TO JAPAN.

KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. MEMBERS OF 3 GROUP CAMP, 11 DIVISION, SEARCHING JAPANESE TROOPS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE CAMP TO BOARD THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR THEIR JOURNEY BACK

KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. JAPANESE TROOPS LINING THE ROAD NEAR 3 GROUP CAMP, 11 DIVISION IN PREPARATION FOR BOARDING THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR RETURN TO JAPAN.

KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. TOOLS AND OTHER ILLEGAL EQUIPMENT TAKEN FROM JAPANESE TROOPS BY MEMBERS OF 3 GROUP CAMP, 11 DIVISION, BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE CAMP TO BOARD THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CA

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI EMBARKING JAPANESE PRISONERS FOR REPATRIATION AFTER THE WAR. (DONOR: J. DEEBLE)

On 28th February 1946, the Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi arrived at Rabaul carrying 1,400 Koreans who refused to disembark to make way for 2,500 Japanese POW. After an armed escort persuaded the