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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 AIRSTRIP IS ABOUT SIX MILES FROM KAVIENG WHERE AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SET UP WITH CAPTAIN F.N.W. SHAND, AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT DISTRICT OFFICER, IN CHARGE. IT WILL OPERATE IN NEW IRELAND AND SURROUNDING SMALLER ISLANDS.
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
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
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. 1945-10-26. 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. 1945-10-19. A JAPANESE PILLBOX CONSTRUCTED FROM A WARSHIP GUN TURRET ON THE SHORE AT KAVIENG. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS IS BEING SE
KAVIENG AIRSTRIP WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY MANY WRECKED JAPANESE PLANES IN THEIR REVETMENTS. THE AIRSTRIP IS IN FAIR ORDER AS THE JAPANESE HAD FILLED IN MANY OF THE BOMB CRATERS. AN AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA
