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AIRBORNE OVER BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-28. NATIVE "BOYS" USED AS AIR OBSERVERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE. THE "BOY" IN THE FOREGROUND IS POINTING OUT JAPANESE POSITIONS TO FLIGHT LIEUTENANT W. J. MCNALLY (LEFT) OF ARTARMON, NSW AND WARRANT OFFICER J. WATERSON (RIGHT), AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (ANGAU) OFFICIAL FROM MANLY, NSW, WHILE FLYING IN A RAAF BEAUFORT BOMBER AIRCRAFT OVER ENEMY TERRITORY.
AIRBORNE OVER BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-28. NATIVE "BOYS" USED AS AIR OBSERVERS HAVE PROVED INVALUABLE. THE "BOY" IN THE FOREGROUND IS POINTING OUT JAPANESE POSITIONS TO FLIGHT LIE
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08-17. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN (GP CAPT) DIXIE ROBISON CHAPMAN, ADELAIDE, SA (IN JEEP), GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CREW OF THE BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT O
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. C. 1945-08-17. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN (GP CAPT) DIXIE ROBISON CHAPMAN, ADELAIDE, SA (LEFT), GIVES FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CREW OF THE BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF N
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-17. THE CREW OF ONE OF THE BEAUFORT AIRCRAFT OF NO. 10 LOCAL AIR SUPPLY UNIT RAAF THAT DROPPED LEAFLETS CONTAINING THE NEWS OF JAPAN'S SURRENDER
BOUGAINVILLE, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-03-20. VX37706 LIEUTENANT H. ROBERTS, NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, ATTACHED TO 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. HE CONTROLS NATIVE PATROLS AND RECONNOITRES TRACKS AND POSIT
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-07-23. ARMY LIAISON OFFICERS BRIEFING PILOTS OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE) SQUADRON RAAF BEFORE THEY SET OUT ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC MISSION OVER UN
