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TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. QX27088 SERGEANT H. HONG CHOY, CHINESE INTERPRETOR, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, HQ, 2ND AUSTRALIAN CORPS (2) EXPLAINING TO SX23588 LIEUTENANT T. FARRELL (1) WHERE THE JAPANESE PRISONER WAS CAPTURED BY A SPECIAL FORCE OF NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY ON PERAT. FOR THIS RAID TWO NATIVE CANOES WERE EXPECIALLY BUILT FOR THE TRIP TO THE ISLAND TO PICK UP AN ALLIED PRISONER KNOWN TO BE IN THE AREA. THE EXPEDITION WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF VX81159 CAPTAIN R.C. CAMBIDGE, NGAU. THEY MADE THE SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO THE AREA BETWEEN THE 1945-02-19/17. ON THE NIGHT OF THE 20TH THEY REPEATED THE TRIP, THIS TIME TO BRING BACK THE JAPANESE PRISONER FOR INTERROGATION.
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVES AND MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY IN TWO NATIVE CANOES MADE EXPECIALLY FOR THE TASK OF SAILING TO P
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. TWO NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVES PROUDLY DISPLAY A GIANT TURTLE WHICH THEY CAUGHT ON PERAT WHILE AWAITING THE RETURN OF THE NEW GUINEA CO
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVES ENJOYING A FRIENDLY GAME OF CARDS ON PERAT WHILE AWAITING THE RETURN OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY PATROL A
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. ANTON, A WHITE CIVILIAN (LEFT) AND A MEMBER OF THE NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY CHECKING TRACKS ON THE BEACH WHILE SEARCHING FOR JAPANESE DURING AN INFORMATION
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-19. NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (NGAU) NATIVE CLEARING CHIPS OF WOOD FROM THE BOWS OF ONE OF THE TWO NATIVE BOATS BUILT ESPECIALLY FOR THE TASK OF SAILING
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.
