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TOROKINA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-28. QX37937 SERGEANT D.L. BIRKBECK , 9TH INFANTRY BATTALION, PLACING A BUNDLE OF LEAFLETS IN A HOLDER ON A NOTICE BOARD ERECTED BY AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL IN A JAPANESE INFESTED AREA OF THE FRONT LINE WHICH THE BATTALION TOOK OVER FROM THE 2ND BATTALION, 132ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY. THE CAPTION ON THE LEAFLETS READS:- "JAPANESE SOLDIERS NOTICE - THERE ARE SURRENDER LEAFLETS IN THE CONTAINER BELOW. TAKE ONE. PUT ON END OF TWIG AND PRESENT TO ANY ALLIED SOLDIER AND YOU WILL RECEIVE HUMANE TREATMENT".
Pearl Ridge, Bougainville. 1945-03-08. NX103226 Sergeant (Sgt) L. Bell of the 4th Australian Field Regiment unloading a smoke charge prior to placing propaganda leaflets in cardboard container to be p
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1944-12-24. NX201 MAJOR H.E. GALE, MBE, CAMP COMMANDANT, HEADQUARTERS, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS, READING A NOTICE IN THE UNIT AREA. WHICH READS:- "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE A
Torokina, South Bougainville Island. 2 April 1945. Sergeant H. T. Hong Choy displays a Japanese Provost Corps notice found in the Tsimba area, central Bougainville.
For weeks Communist propaganda notices have been left where UN troops could find them. A soldier from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), holds a notice which reads 'Think, that y
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-23. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS CARRYING PERSONAL GEAR ON A 10-MILE MARCH FROM THE BUKA AREA ESCORTED BY TROOPS OF 27 INFANTRY BATTALION. THE JAPANESE WERE HANDED OVER TO OFF
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-23. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS CARRYING PERSONAL GEAR ON A 10-MILE MARCH FROM THE BUKA AREA, ESCORTED BY TROOPS OF 27 INFANTRY BATTALION. ONE OF THE MEN CARRIES A CHAIR. THE
