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PANIPAI AIRSTRIP, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-26. JAPANESE AMPHIBIOUS TANKS ON THE AIRSTRIP, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES FROM KAVIENG. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP IN THE KAVIENG AREA WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT DISTRICT OFFICER, IN CHARGE, TO OPERATE IN NEW IRELAND AND SURROUNDING SMALLER ISLANDS.
PANIPAI AIRSTRIP, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-26. JAPANESE AMPHIBIOUS TANK ATTACHMENTS ON THE AIRSTRIP. THEY ARE (LEFT TO RIGHT) BOW ATTACHMENT; SPECIAL TURRET; AND STERN ATTACHMENT WITH TWIN RUDDERS. THE AI
PANIPAI AIRSTRIP, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-26. AUSTRALIAN RIFLES AT THE JAPANESE DUMP AT THE AIRSTRIP. ALL ARE MARKED CMF AND THE RIFLE ON THE LEFT HAS THE NAME "A. PEEL" CARVED ON THE BUTT. THE AIRSTRIP
KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-26. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UN
KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-27. CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT DISTRICT OFFICER. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SE
KAVIENG, NEW IRELAND. 1945-10-21. A SMASHED JAPANESE BOMBER IN ITS REVETMENT AT KAVIENG AIRSTRIP. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WI
A WRECKED JAPANESE PLANE ON THE FORESHORE AT KAVIENG. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP AT KAVIENG WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, ANGAU DISTRICT OFFI
