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Photograph 098806 Second World War, 1939-1945VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE FLASH CAUSED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION.

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VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE CRATER FORMED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION.
VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE FLASH CAUSED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION.

VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. THE LARGE COLUMNS OF SMOKE CAUSED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT WAS DESTROYED BY MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVIS

VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. AN AMMUNITION DUMP HOLDING APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION. IT IS TO BE DESTROYED BY TROOPS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION.

VULCAN, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-14. LIEUTENANT J. MUNRO, AND HIS SERGEANT, MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION, SET THE FUSE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 20 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITI

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-01. AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF HEAT, SELF COMBUSTION OF CORDITE CAUSED A FIRE IN 5,500 TONS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE WHICH RAGED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SHO

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-11-20. JAPANESE SHELL CASES FROM KOKOPO BEING UNLOADED BY A JAPANESE WORKING PARTY. SALVAGED JAPANESE AMMUNITION IS BEING STORED IN 11 DIVISION AREA.
