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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. A TENT WARD AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE. FOLLOWING THE OCCUPATION OF RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER BY AN AUSTRALIAN FORCE DRAWN FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, THE UNIT QUICKLY ESTABLISHED MEDICAL FACILITIES TO COPE WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIAN SERVICEMEN WHO WERE RELEASED FROM JAPANESE CUSTODY. THE INDIANS HAD WORKED FOR THE JAPANESE AS PRISONERS OF WAR SINCE THEIR CAPTURE AT SINGAPORE IN FEBRUARY 1942 AND SUBSEQUENT MOVEMENT TO RABAUL. AFTER THEIR PRIVATIONS MOST WERE IN URGENT NEED OF HOSPITAL TREATMENT.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF 4 FIELD REGIMENT ENJOY A TEA BREAK AFTER WORKING AT PRESSURE TO ESTABLISH URGENTLY REQUIRED HOSPITAL FACILITIES TO RECEIVE A LARGE INTAKE OF SICK
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-12. EMACIATED INDIAN SERVICEMEN IN HOSPITAL AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE FROM JAPANESE CUSTODY AFTER AN AUSTRALIAN FORCE FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE OCCUPIED R
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-12. MEMBERS OF 4 FIELD AMBULANCE PREPARING TO ERECT A WARD TENT TO RECEIVE PATIENTS. THE UNIT FORMED PART OF THE FORCE DRAWN FROM 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE WHICH OCCUPIED RABAUL
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. MAJOR A.J. BARNETT, MEDICAL OFFICER, 4 FIELD AMBULANCE, EXAMINES AN INDIAN SERVICEMAN PATIENT. THE MAN WAS ONE OF THOSE LIBERATED FROM THE JAPANESE FOLLOWING THE SURRE
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-13. A GROUP OF OFFICERS AT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE. THE UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED AT RABAUL PRIMARILY TO CATER FOR THE MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS OF INDIAN SERVICEMEN RELEASED FROM JAPANES
MALAGUNA MISSION, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. MEMBERS OF 29/46 INFANTRY BATTALION, WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE NAVAL PERSONNEL WHO WERE RELEASED FROM JAPANESE CONTROL AFTER THE OCCUPATION OF RABAUL.
