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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. MEMBERS OF 29/46TH INFANTRY BATTALION EXAMINE A DUMP OF DISCARDED PARTS OF JAPANESE BICYCLES AND MOTOR CYCLE COMBINATIONS IN THE TUNNEL HILL ROAD AREA. THE TROOPS WERE ON PATROL IN THE AREA AS PART OF THE OPERATION TO OCCUPY RABAUL, FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE. INITIAL LANDINGS WERE MADE THE PREVIOUS DAY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE R.S. GOUGH(1); PRIVATE W.J. SPROULE (2); CORPORAL R. R. KIRBY (3).
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. AN OFFICER OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT STANDING NEAR ONE OF SIX JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS IN A TUNNEL BEHIND RABAUL TOWNSHIP. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPA
TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE QUARTERMASTER AREA, 22 INFANTRY BATTALION. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE NOW OCCUPY THE
TUNNEL HILL ROAD, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-20. COOKS OF 22 INFANTRY BATTALION PREPARING THE EVENING MEAL IN THE COOKHOUSE BY THE WATER'S EDGE. FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS OF 4 I
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. TROOPS OF 22 INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH RABAUL ON A PATROL ACROSS TUNNEL HILL ROAD TO SECURE THE AREA. THE TROOPS FORMED PART OF THE FORCE DRAWN FROM 4 INFANTRY
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.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-11. IN THE COURSE OF SECURING THE RABAUL AREA FOLLOWING LANDINGS BY TROOPS OF 4 INFANTRY BRIGADE ON 1945-09-10 A CEMETERY WAS DISCOVERED OFF TUNNEL HILL ROAD. THE CEMETERY
