The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. PRIVATE (PTE) J. STEPHENSON (1), AND PTE G. ALLEN, 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION, EXAMINING A JAPANESE SIGN ON A BOMB WRECKED BUILDING DURING A PATROL THROUGH THE TOWN AREA.
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. 1945-09-14. PERSONNEL OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A WRECKED AND BURNT OUT MACHINE SHOP NEAR THE CENTRE OF THE TOWN.
NAURU ISLAND, 1945-09-16. A BOMB WRECKED HOME IN THE TOWN AREA FOUND BY TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THEY HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE.
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING JAPANESE TYPE 97 TANKETTES CAPTURED SOON AFTER MEMBERS OF THE UNIT OCCUPIED THE ISLAND.
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. A MEMBER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINING A JAPANESE GUN CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIT SOON AFTER THEY HAD OCCUPIED THE ISLAND.
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-16. A MEMBER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION INSPECTING THE WRECKED PHOSPHATE CRUSHING FACTORY SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND FROM THE JAPANESE.
