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Photograph 079266 Second World War, 1939-1945KAMANDRAN MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-17. A BADLY BOMB SHATTERED AND DEVASTED AREA IN A BANANA PLANTATION NEAR THE MELKONG RIVER.

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KAMANDRAN MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-17. A BADLY STRAFED BUILDING NEAR THE MELKONG RIVER WHICH WAS ONCE OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA.
KAMANDRAN MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-17. A BADLY BOMB SHATTERED AND DEVASTED AREA IN A BANANA PLANTATION NEAR THE MELKONG RIVER.

KAMANDRAN MISSION, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-17. SOME OF THE WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES ON THE BEACH NEAR THE MISSION MISSION IN THE HEADQUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION AREA.

KAMANDRAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-21. HENRY REID BAY, LOOKING EAST, THE NORTH SHORE OF WIDE BAY CAN BE SEEN ON THE LEFT, WITH THE MELKONG RIVER MOUTH, KAMANDRAN MISSION JETTY AND BROWN ISLAND ON THE RIG

KAMANDRAN, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-21. TROOPS OF D COMPANY, 14/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION IN THEIR TEMPORARY CAMP ON THE BANKS OF THE MELKONG RIVER.

MELKONG RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-20. THE REMAINS OF THE GERMAN MISSION BUILDING IN THE PLANTATION WHICH WAS WRECKED DURING A RAID BY ALLIED BOMBERS. THE CRATER IN THE FOREGROUND MARKS THE SPOT WHER

MELKONG RIVER, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-02-20. TROOPS OF THE 2/14TH FIELD REGIMENT, ENJOYING A BATH OR A WASH IN THE SHALLOWS OF THE RIVER NEAR THEIR CAMP.
