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TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. THE PAPUAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VESSEL LAURABADA BERTHED ALONGSIDE THE WRECKED TOBOI WHARF. THIS SHIP WAS TRANSFERRED FROM CIVIL CONTROL TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY ON 14 FEBRUARY 1942. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMING A VARIETY OF DUTIES, IT WAS PAID OFF AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES IN JUNE 1945.
TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. LIEUTENANT COLONEL C. NORMOYLE, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE ROYAL PAPUAN CONSTABULARY WHO TRAVELLED ON THE LAURABADA WITH MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, COMMAND
TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (1) AND MAJOR BATES (2) ABOARD THE LAURABADA. MAJOR GENERAL MORRIS IS USING
TOBOI WHARF, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. MAJOR GENERAL B.M. MORRIS, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, AND MAJOR BATES STANDING ON THE BOW OF THE LAURABADA. MAJOR GENERAL MORRIS
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1945-12-13. SHIPPING BERTHED AT BURNS PHILPS TOWN WHARF. THESE INCLUDE ARMY VESSELS, A GOVERNMENT SALVAGE BOAT, AND SALVAGED JAPANESE SHIPPING.
TOBOI WHARF, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-16. NATIVES AT THE WHARF WELCOMING PRIESTS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM INTERNMENT AT RAMALE MISSION AND BROUGHT TO RABAUL FOR MEDICAL CARE.
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-27. LIEUTENANT GENERAL J. NORTHCOTT, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, ON TOBOI WHARF AFTER ARRIVING AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION BY CATALINA AIRCRAFT FOR A TOUR OF THE AREA.
