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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 RABAUL BY TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER IT HAPPENED THAT 4 FIELD AMBULANCE MOVED ONTO THE OLD SITE TO ESTABLISH THEIR CAMP. IT WAS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE AMBULANCE CAMP THAT THE NAMES WERE DISCOVERED. ALTHOUGH SOME WERE UNREADABLE OTHERS WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE. AMONG THE LATTER WERE: J.W. HENDERSON; C.R. DUNSTON; J.F. SMITH; H.T. GUGGAN; R.A. HOARE; J.P. HARRIS; ALF ALLEN; A. THOMAS; C. HARRISON; L. BANKS AND W. WHITE. (SEE ORIGINAL CAPTION SHEET FOR REGIMENTAL NUMBERS OF SOME OF THE MEMBERS LISTED.)
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 TH
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 ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-22. A GROUP OF NURSING ORDERLIES OF 4 FIELD AMBULANCE. THESE MEN HAVE HANDLED SOME 500 PATIENTS, MOSTLY LIBERATED INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR, SINCE THEIR ARRIV
MALAGUNA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WHO OCCUPIED RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, MARCHING ALONG MALAGUNA ROAD TOWARDS THE TOWNSHIP.
MALAGUNA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-10. TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE, WHO OCCUPIED RABAUL AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, MARCHING ALONG MALAGUNA ROAD TOWARDS THE TOWNSHIP.
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
