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RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. A JAPANESE TANK CREW BRINGING A TYPE 97 CHI-HA MEDIUM TANK OUT OF THE LINES TO HAND OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 JAPANESE MEDIUM AND LIGHT TANKS WERE HANDED OVER. THE TANKS WERE DRIVEN BACK TO RABAUL BY JAPANESE DRIVERS WITH THE AUSTRALIANS AS CREW COMMANDERS.
Rapopo Airstrip, New Britain. A Japanese tank crew bringing a type 95 Ha-Go light tank out of the lines to hand over to Australian crews of 2/4 Armoured Regiment. A total of over 40 Japanese medium
RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN CREW COMMANDERS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT IN THE TURRETS OF JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED OVER AT THE AIRSTRIP. A TOTAL
RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. JAPANESE TANK CREWS IN FRONT OF A LINE OF TANKS AT THE AIRSTRIP WHICH ARE BEING HANDED OVER TO AUSTRALIAN CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 J
RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT MARCH ON TO THE AIRSTRIP TO TAKE OVER TANKS SURRENDERED BY THE JAPANESE. A TOTAL OF OVER 40 JAPANESE MEDIUM AND
RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT ON PARADE AT THE AIRSTRIP BEFORE THE TAKE OVER OF TANKS SURRENDERED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE AIRSTRIP. A TOTAL OF
RAPOPO AIRSTRIP, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-28. AUSTRALIAN ARMOURED OFFICERS AND JAPANESE OFFICERS CONFER ON DETAILS OF THE CHANGE OVER AT THE AIRSTRIP AS AUSTRALIAN TANK CREWS OF 2/4 ARMOURED REGIMENT AWAI
