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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS OF THE KITCHEN OF 2/22ND INFANTRY BATTALION, WHICH FORMED PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN GARRISON BEFORE THE JAPANESE INVASION EARLY IN 1942. BY CHANCE THE CAMP OF 4 FIELD AMBULANCE WAS SITED IN MALAGUNA ROAD AT THE SAME SPOT WHEN THE UNIT ACCOMPANIED A FORCE FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE TO OCCUPY RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. IT WAS FOUND THAT MANY NAMES OF 2/22 BATTALION MEMBERS HAD BEEN SCRATCHED INTO THE WET CONCRETE AT THE TIME IT WAS LAID DOWN.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. A VIEW FROM A HILL OVERLOOKING THE CAMP OF 4 FIELD AMBULANCE, ONE OF THE UNITS OF THE FORCE FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE WHICH OCCUPIED RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.
MALAGUNA MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, PART OF THE RABAUL OCCUPATIONAL FORCE, GOING ASHORE AT MALAGUNA, ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF RABAUL. T
MALAGUNA MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, PART OF THE RABAUL OCCUPATIONAL FORCE, GOING ASHORE AT MALAGUNA, ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF RABAUL. T
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-15. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE USING THIS SITE, IN THE MALAGUNA ROAD AREA, FOR 22ND INFANTRY BATTALION STORES. BEFORE THE INVASION OF T
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. CONCRETE SLABS BEARING THE NAMES OF MEMBERS OF 2/22ND INFANTRY BATTALION ON THE SITE IN MALAGUNA AVENUE OF THE FORMER KITCHEN OF THE UNIT. AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF RABA
SIMPSON HARBOUR, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, PART OF THE RABAUL OCCUPATIONAL FORCE, MOVING TOWARDS THE SHORE AT MALAGUNA, ABOUT THREE MILES
