096617 Accession Number: 096617

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BONIS PENINSULA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-15. LIVING QUARTERS OF THE NAVAL COMMANDER, AT THE JAPANESE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS, BONIS PENINSULA. THE HOUSE FRONT IS BUILT OFF THE CLIFF FACE AND ACCOMMODATION SPACE HAS BEEN DUGOUT OF THE CLIFF FACE FOR PROTECTION AGAINST ALLIED BOMBING RAIDS. AN AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY, MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, IS VISITING THE NAVAL HEADQUARTERS FOR SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS.

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Accession Number
096617
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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