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Photograph 117260 Second World War, 1939-1945NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) JOPLING (1), PTE S. DART (2) AND PTE A. SPLETTER (3) OF THE 222ND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON CHATTING WITH A NAURUAN WOMAN WHILE OUT ON A PATROL.

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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. A JAPANESE POW EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF THE JAPANESE NAVY INSIGNIA ON HIS CAR RADIATOR TO PRIVATE TRANSTON, 222ND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON.
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) JOPLING (1), PTE S. DART (2) AND PTE A. SPLETTER (3) OF THE 222ND AUSTRALIAN SUPPLY DEPOT PLATOON CHATTING WITH A NAURUAN WOMAN WHILE OUT ON A PATROL.

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAINING THE DETAILS OF ONE OF THEIR RANGE FINDERS TO AN OFFICER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND.

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAKAYAMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, WHO WAS CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION.

Nauru Island, South Pacific. 1945-09-16. The Royal Australian Navy frigate Diamantina which lead the occupying convoy to Nauru Island and provided the platform on which the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) G. ALLEN (1) AND PTE L. WHITMARSH (2), OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION GOING THROUGH A STACK OF JAPANESE PUMPKINS WHILE CHECKING THE JAPANESE FOOD RESERVES ON

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. THE LAUNCH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY BEING MADE FAST TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA.
