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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF ...
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN...116557
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF ...
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN...116558
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF ...
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN...116556
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAINING THE DETAILS OF ONE OF THEIR RANGE ...
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-14. JAPANESE ARMY OFFICERS EXPLAINING THE DETAILS OF ONE OF THEIR RANGE FINDERS TO AN OFFICER OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION SOON AFTER THE UNIT HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISLAND.117282
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. JAPANESE TROOPS EATING THEIR LUNCH IN ONE OF THE POW CAMPS CONTROLLED ...
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NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-15. JAPANESE TROOPS EATING THEIR LUNCH IN ONE OF THE POW CAMPS CONTROLLED BY TROOPS OF THE 31/51ST INFANTRY BATTALION.117290
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NEW GUINEA. 1943? JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR STAGGER INTO TENTS OF 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL ...
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NEW GUINEA. 1943? JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR STAGGER INTO TENTS OF 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (9AGH). NOTE THEIR EMACIATED CONDITION. (DONOR B. SHAW)P01510.012
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NEW GUINEA. 1943? JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR STAGGER INTO TENTS OF 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL ...
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NEW GUINEA. 1943? JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR STAGGER INTO TENTS OF 2/9TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (9AGH). NOTE THEIR EMACIATED CONDITION. (DONOR B. SHAW)P01510.011
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Nippon News [1942?]
Film
Maker: Nippon Eigasha
Nippon News newsreel produced Nippon Eigasha [Japan Movie Company] 1. Standing before a Japanese national flag General Hideki Tojo addresses the nation 2. A montage of weapons production; tanks, aircr...F03354
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NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR IN A BARBED WIRE ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR IN A BARBED WIRE COMPOUND.OG1448
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NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RESTING IN THEIR TENT ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RESTING IN THEIR TENT LIVING QUARTERS IN A BARBED WIRE COMPOUND.OG1447
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Nonacker San
Art
Maker: Collins, James
Portrait of Nonacker San, a Japanese guard. The artist, Jim Collins, was a member of A Force, one of the work parties forced to construct the Burma-Thailand Railway. By the beginning of 1943 many pris...ART28403.016
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NX349 LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. M. ROBSON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION ORDERS MAJOR ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
NX349 LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. M. ROBSON, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/31ST INFANTRY BATTALION ORDERS MAJOR GENERAL UNO, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA, TO LAY HIS SWORD ON T...118032
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA WHO WERE FIRST ...
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA WHO WERE FIRST ASHORE, QUESTIONING JAPANESE OFFICERS AT THE BOAT HARBOUR. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON AND PARTY ARE AT ...097593
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE FRIGATE HMAS DIAMANTINA ARRIVING TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE ...
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE FRIGATE HMAS DIAMANTINA ARRIVING TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS.097590
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE ...
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE ISLAND.097592
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE ...
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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE ISLAND.097591
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, TO COMMANDER A. E. ...115475
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY READING A MESSAGE FROM HIS ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY READING A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, TO COMMANDER A. E. FOW...115468
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, FOR TH...115472
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, FOR TH...115470
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, FOR TH...115471
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY ON BOARD THE RAN ...
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OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY ON BOARD THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, WITH A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPA...115476
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Ogawa, (given names unknown) (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Private Record
Maker: Ogawa, (given names unknown)
Collection consists of a hand-written, diary kept by unidentified Japanese sailor with the family name of Ogawa. The diary contains some pre-printed informational pages and illustrations. The hand-wr...3DRL/6891
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OKINAWA, JAPAN. C.1945-04. A DISCONSOLATE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE OF A ...
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OKINAWA, JAPAN. C.1945-04. A DISCONSOLATE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE OF A PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND AFTER CAPTURE BY THE 6TH MARINE DIVISION DURING THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA. (NAVAL H...305456
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OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-30. A NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE READING "OUT OF BOUNDS TO ALL ...
Photograph
Maker: Queale, Alan
OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-30. A NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE READING "OUT OF BOUNDS TO ALL RANKS, POISON GAS". AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TOKYO 2ND ARMY ARSENAL, ACCESS TO THE ISLAND WAS RESTRI...131756
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OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-30. JAPANESE LOCALS BESIDE THIS SHINTO SHRINE WITH ITS GRANITE TORII. ...
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Maker: Queale, Alan
OKUNOSHIMA, JAPAN. 1946-08-30. JAPANESE LOCALS BESIDE THIS SHINTO SHRINE WITH ITS GRANITE TORII. IT WAS PROVIDED BY THE JAPANESE ARMY AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR JAPANESE ARSENAL WORKERS.131773
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Once the aggressors, these Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) sit around at Wewak in a barbed wire ...
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Once the aggressors, these Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) sit around at Wewak in a barbed wire enclosure. Repatriation of POWs did not occur until early 1946; those on trial stayed much longer await...P05838.008
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Once the aggressors, these Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) sit around at Wewak. Repatriation of ...
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Once the aggressors, these Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) sit around at Wewak. Repatriation of POWs did not occur until early 1946; those on trial stayed much longer awaiting their fate at the War C...P05838.012
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Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th Class. Obverse: A silver eight pointed star with ball ends and small roundels between the arms. In the centre is an eight pointed, polished silver disc (mirror) raised...RELAWM31361.001
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Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th Class lapel badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Order of the Sacred Treasure 8th Class Lapel Badge. A small rosette made from a piece of grey/blue ribbon, with a yellow three armed emblem in the centre and a copper button hole disc at the rear.RELAWM31361.002
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, aboard a ...
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, aboard a landing craft after arriving from Sumatra. They were on their way to the Otake Repatriation Centre.P01205.018
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, disembark ...
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, disembark from a landing craft on arrival from Sumatra. They were then taken to the Otake Repatriation Centre.P01205.019
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, disembark ...
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers, of the Imperial Japanese Army, disembark from a landing craft on arrival from Sumatra. They were then taken to the Otake Repatriation Centre.P01205.020
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army march to the ...
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Otake, Japan. 1946-10. Repatriated Japanese soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army march to the Otake Repatriation Centre on their arrival from Sumatra.P01205.021
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Oversize Wallet 1 of 1 – List of drug and medical supplies given to Australian prisoners of war on Burma Thailand Railway, 1944-1945
Digitised Collection
Maker: Warland-Browne, James Bevan
Collection relating to the Second World War service of TX5126 Sergeant James Bevan Warland-Browne, 2/4 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Burma and Thailand, 1944-1945. Oversize Wallet 1 of 1 - Co...AWM2020.22.211
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Pacific (World at war)
Film
Maker: Thames Television International Ltd
Pacific (World at war)F10222-23
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Packing of medical stores for troops who accept Japanese surrender
Film
Maker: Barrett, Reginald Mervyn (Reg)
The medical stores being packed in this film are to be issued to troops who go on patrol to accept Japanese surrenders. They are designed to be used for any Australian prisoners of war who may be enco...F07310
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Pair of Japanese Army Gunzoku shoulder boards, honin (third grade) rank: Brigadier Thomas Eastick, Commander, Kuching Force
Heraldry
A pair of rectangular shoulder boards covered in green wool twill, featuring two five-pointed silver plated brass stars mounted in the lower third of the board, and a 3 mm thick, high relief brass chr...REL29004.002
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Pair of Japanese Army other ranks combat boots
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pair of leather ankle boots, stitched construction, with leather sole with 27 or 28 hobnails, and stacked leather heels. Each heel is fitted with a 'J' shaped metal reinforcing bar, biased to the outs...RELAWM28309
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Australian soldiers from the 24th Brigade escort the Japanese ...
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Australian soldiers from the 24th Brigade escort the Japanese surrender party across a river on a small ferry boat.122619
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Colonel Iemura a member of the Japanese surrender party sits in the ...
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Colonel Iemura a member of the Japanese surrender party sits in the back of a jeep (LST573.23A) driven by an Australian soldier.122621
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Colonel Iemura from the Japanese surrender party steps ashore after ...
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Papar, Borneo. 1945-09-15. Colonel Iemura from the Japanese surrender party steps ashore after crossing the river by ferry.122620
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE SURRENDER CAMP AT ...
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE SURRENDER CAMP AT PAPAR. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A SENTRY TOWER MANNED BY MEN OF THE 24TH BRIGADE. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT ...124967
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR PREPARING A MEAL IN THE ...
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR PREPARING A MEAL IN THE SURRENDER CAMP AT PAPAR. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT A. W. HORNER)124969
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR UNLOADING LANDING CRAFT ...
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PAPAR, BRITISH NORTH WEST BORNEO 1945-11-19. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR UNLOADING LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED (LCM), NO AB941, AT THE SURRENDER CAMP BARGE POINT ON PAPAR RIVER. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT A. W. HORN...124968
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PAPUA-NEW GUINEA AREA. 1944-02-04. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) K. G. WILLIAMSON, MORNINGTON, VIC, ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
PAPUA-NEW GUINEA AREA. 1944-02-04. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) K. G. WILLIAMSON, MORNINGTON, VIC, LAC A. H. MOORE AND CORPORAL S. A. PARSONS WITH THE CARGO IN A RAAF DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT AIRCRAF...OG0649
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Part of autographed good luck flag carried by a group of Japanese soldiers in Java
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Central portion only (showing most of central red disc) of a Japanese soldier's autographed national flag with signatures and slogans in black ink. The owner of the flag is not given and the flag appe...REL/15403
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Patrol searching dead Japanese in kunai grass
Art
Maker: Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Depicts a group of unidentified soldiers, 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, gathered around dead Japanese soldier; Matapau, New Guinea.ART26677
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Pennant : Driver I J Warner, 170 Australian General Transport Company
Heraldry
Maker: Fukuda, Yoshiho
Pennant inscribed with ink drawings and Japanese text. The pennant is cut in a triangular shape from a larger piece of cotton material. Written on the material in black ink in Japanese is, 'TO MR WARN...REL34571
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Phillips, Max (Major, Surveillance Party, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Phillips, Maxwell
COVERING NOTES IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE GIVEN TO MAJOR PHILLIPS ON RECEIPT OF A TSURUGI SWORD, SPEAR BLADE AND MEMORIAL FLAG, PRESENTED BY VARIOUS JAPANESE OFFICERS DURING SURVEILLANCE PARTY DUTIES ON ...PR83/036
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, LEAVING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AT THE 5TH JAPANESE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. THE JAPANESE DIVISION INCLUDED ALL T...121112
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, LANDING ON THE PIROE PIER. HE WAS GREETED BY MAJOR GENERAL KOBORI AND THE HEADQUARTERS STAFF OF THE JAPANESE...121103
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, LED A ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, LED A PARTY OF AUSTRALIANS WHO SUPERVISED THE CONCENTRATION OF JAPANESE FORCES ON CERAM. AUSTRALIAN AND NETH...121110
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET WITH MAJOR GENERAL KOBORI AND HIS STAFF AND GAVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS...121106
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET WITH MAJOR GENERAL KOBORI AND HIS STAFF AND GAVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS...121107
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET WITH MAJOR GENERAL KOBORI AND HIS STAFF AND GAVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS...121104
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET ...
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PIROE, CERAM. 1945-10-30. DX906 BRIGADIER W. A. B. STEELE, COMMANDING OFFICER 33RD BRIGADE, MET WITH MAJOR GENERAL KOBORI AND HIS STAFF AND GAVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS...121105
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PORTRAIT OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER, POSSIBLY TAKEN FROM THE EFFECTS OF A DEAD JAPANESE AFTER THE ...
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PORTRAIT OF A JAPANESE SOLDIER, POSSIBLY TAKEN FROM THE EFFECTS OF A DEAD JAPANESE AFTER THE BATTLES FOLLOWING THE LANDING OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BALIKPAPAN 1945-07.P00043.010
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Port side Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Aero Engine from Lockheed Hudson A16-19
Technology
Corroded metallic remains of the port (left side) Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Aero Engine. The engine is heavily concreted from its long immersion underwater, and is missing a number of its cylinder ...REL/08437.001
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POW compound, Torokina
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
The artist painted this picture before the surrender. At that time there were only about eight prisoners in the compound. A whitish-looking dead tree, with angular branches against the background was ...ART22845
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Presentation plaque made by Japanese war criminals at Rabaul: Australian Army Chaplain Gordon Henry Young
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium and brass Christmas presentation plaque engraved with a depiction of Mt Matupit, inspired by Mount Fuji, and the inscription 'TO REV. & MRS. YOUNG MERRY XMAS HIKARI METHODIST CHURCH W.C.C. R...REL/18686
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PRINCE ALEXANDER RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08. A NATIVE OFFICER WITH JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. A ...
Photograph
PRINCE ALEXANDER RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08. A NATIVE OFFICER WITH JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. A TOTAL OF FORTY-TWO PRISONERS WERE TAKEN AT THIS TIME BY MEMBERS OF THE 2/7TH BATTALION WITH THE ASSISTA...P01591.017
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PRINCE ALEXANDER RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08. MEMBERS OF 2/7TH BATTALION WITH JAPANESE PRISONERS ...
Photograph
PRINCE ALEXANDER RANGES, NEW GUINEA. 1945-08. MEMBERS OF 2/7TH BATTALION WITH JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR. A TOTAL OF FORTY-TWO PRISONERS WERE TAKEN AT THIS TIME WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE FAR EASTERN L...P01591.016
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Printed Japanese religious banner, good luck charm : Private M J Robinson, 2/3 Battalion
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Red, black and dark blue printed cotton national flag in the shape and dimensions of a traditional Japanese hand towel. It is similar to good luck charms and souvenirs bought by religious pilgrims, in...REL35995
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Printed Japanese religious banner presented to a soldier on the way to war as a good luck charm
Heraldry
Maker: Senso-ji Temple, Tokyo
Red, black and dark blue printed cotton national flag in the shape and dimensions of a traditional Japanese hand towel. It is similar to good luck charms and souvenirs bought by religious pilgrims, in...REL/02714
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Private Nishimura
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts head and chest portrait of Private Nishimura not wearing a shirt, seen with serious facial expression. Nishimura was a Japanese prisoner of war captured by the Australians on New Britain.ART26052
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Probably BALIKPAPAN. 1945-07? A SQUAD OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR (POW'S) WAITING TO MOVE TO NEW ...
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Probably BALIKPAPAN. 1945-07? A SQUAD OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR (POW'S) WAITING TO MOVE TO NEW QUARTERS.P00043.006
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Probably Ujina, Honshu, Japan, 1947. A group of shabbily-dressed Japanese men sits in a row on ...
Photograph
Maker: Robertson, Ian
Probably Ujina, Honshu, Japan, 1947. A group of shabbily-dressed Japanese men sits in a row on the ground outside a barracks building, while they use chopsticks to eat their lunch from dixies. The me...P01813.292
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Pushing a skip, Tavoy Aerodrome
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured by the Japanese Army at Singapore, pushing a skip load of ballast while working on the extension to the aerodrome.ART28535.026
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Put the squeeze on the Japanese
Art
Maker: Unknown General Motors Holden
Depicts an image of a caricatured and exaggerated Japanese man being squeezed between sections of machinery in an industrial press. This is one of a number of anti-Japanese posters produced in Austral...ARTV00050
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Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1946. Informal portrait of Lieutenant General Sakamoto Sueo, Rabaul who ...
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Rabaul, New Britain. c. 1946. Informal portrait of Lieutenant General Sakamoto Sueo, Rabaul who was tried for war crimes. Lt Gen Sakamoto came to Rabaul in December 1942 and was in charge of shipping ...P02497.024
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RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1946-05-05. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SENIOR JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS.
Photograph
Maker: Ryan, L T
RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1946-05-05. GROUP PORTRAIT OF SENIOR JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS.129349
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Rabaul, New Britain. Informal portrait of Lieutenant General Adachi Hatazo, Commander in Charge ...
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Rabaul, New Britain. Informal portrait of Lieutenant General Adachi Hatazo, Commander in Charge of the Japanese 18th Army who surrendered at Wewak. he was imprisoned at the RAN shore base HMAS Taranga...P02497.023
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Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Led by a Japanese guide and interpreter (right), Flying Officer ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. Led by a Japanese guide and interpreter (right), Flying Officer (FO) Gene McCarthy (left) and 82586 FO Allen Robert Griffiths make their way along a jungle path to a larg...P02257.044
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Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. The entrance to a large tunnel or cave where Japanese soldiers hid ...
Photograph
Maker: Griffiths, Allen
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. The entrance to a large tunnel or cave where Japanese soldiers hid themselves and their equipment. Inside the tunnel are several beds or stretchers, on one of which an in...P02257.043
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Radio transceiver, 'Winnie The War Winner': Signaller Max Lyndon Loveless, 2nd Australian Independent Company
Technology
Maker: Loveless, Max Lyndon
Hand made transceiver set which was constructed from parts obtained from a commercial Portuguese wireless set, parts from a 101 and 109 Australian Wireless sets, and salvaged parts from the demolished...RELAWM20434
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Rajah's Palace at Kuching
Film
Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
Views of the Astana (native for Rajah's Palace) situated on the north bank of the Sarawak River. The Palace was used by General Yanamura as Japanese headquarters, Sarawak, and is now Kuching Relief Fo...F07332
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Rank insignia: Captain, Japanese Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army Captain's pocket rank tab. Khaki retancular cloth with button hole in centre of top. Attached at the bottom is a red stripe with gold braiding and three silver stars on a gold ribbon.REL28750
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RANSAKI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. AFTER THE SURRENDER, INSTANCES OF JAPANESE CRUELTY TO THE ...
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RANSAKI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. AFTER THE SURRENDER, INSTANCES OF JAPANESE CRUELTY TO THE LOCAL INHABITANTS WERE LEARNT OF, ALSO MUCH EVIDENCE OF MALNUTRITION DUE TO LACK OF FOOD CAUSED BY JAPAN...133831
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RANSAKI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL OCHIDA, THE COMMANDER OF THIS AREA, ONE ...
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RANSAKI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. LIEUTENANT COLONEL OCHIDA, THE COMMANDER OF THIS AREA, ONE OF THE LEAST CO-OPERATIVE JAPANESE THAT MEMBERS OF THE VOGELKOP FORCE HAD MET. (DONOR LIEUTENANT COLONE...133833
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recto: Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.09...; verso: Japanese infantry weapons
Art
Maker: Information and Education Section USAFFE U S Government printing office
Newsmap SouthWest Pacific Vol.3 - No.09 published 29 March 1945. It features the headlines 'Capture of Walled City Frees Manila' and 'YANKS DRIVE TOWARD COLOGNE' with an illustrated feature identifyin...ARTV02686
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recto: Rear verandah Australia House, Ye; verso: not titled [unfinised sketches]
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The rear verandah of one of the dirty, dilapidated huts which was used as a staging camp for Australian and Allied prisoners of war during their shift from Tavoy up country to work on a Japanese railw...ART28535.030
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Release of Indian POW
Film
Maker: Edwards, Reg J
The Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Barcoo accompanied by two Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats and an escort of Spitfires, rendezvoued off the coast of Miti Island, near Halmahera Island, with the Japanes...F01689
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Repatriation of Japanese the 18th Army
Film
Maker: Cartledge, Ronald Selby
On 26 November 1945, some one thousand one hundred Japanese troops of the 18th Army held on Muschu Island, boarded the Japanese cruiser Kashima for repatriation. Prior to sailing, an inspection of the...F07380
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Rifleman's kill
Art
Maker: Rafty, Tony
Depicting an incident when a patrol was attacking the Japanese at night on the slopes below Yaula. Q138283, Private J O'Donohue, is seen in position behind a tree whilst N450063, Private S Ralph is be...ART25153
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Robert Harby Gilbert Jelley, ex POW medical personel ex Burma-Thailand railway, interviewed by Dr John H Mitchell
Sound
Maker: Jelley, Robert Harby Gilbert Mitchell, John
Robert Jelley, formerly Bombardier, 4th Anti-Tank Unit, relates experiences as POW of Japanese. the interview begins with his recital of a poem he's written to memorialise the escape, capture and exe...S01403
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Rosary beads from Allied soldiers' mass grave : Ballale Island
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Two broken sets of rosary beads, both of which are missing their crucifixes. One set is made of blue glass beads threaded onto a white metal chain, while the other, of white glass beads, has a small w...RELAWM20349.002
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Ryosuke Terada (Japanese soldier) IN BURMA
Private Record
Letter in Japanese from the mother of Ryosuke Terada, an Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) soldier serving in Burma, to military authorities in Japan, seeking information about his whereabouts and fate, an...PR00834
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SAMANSO ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-11-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE 17TH ...
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SAMANSO ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-11-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE 17TH ARMY. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS WERE DETAINED IN A CONCENTRATION AREA ON THE ISLAND AFTER THE SUR...098872
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. N0. 5 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. ONE OF A SERIES OF ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. N0. 5 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. AN ARMY INFANTRY M...122559
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY REAR ADMIRAL. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONA...122568
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY LIEUTENANT. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONALD...122571
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. AN ARMY INFANTRY SUB LIEUTENANT. (PHOTOGRAPHER...122561
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. CIVILIAN NURSES WEARING RED CROSS ARMBANDS. (P...122579
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, THE BRAID WORN OV...122569
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY 1ST PETTY OFFICER WITH RIFLE AND EQUIPM...122578
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. AN ARMY PAYMASTER SUB LIEUTENANT. (PHOTOGRAPHE...122564
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY 1ST PETTY OFFICER. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R....122575
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. AN ARMY INFANTRY SERGEANT. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R...122565
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES ...
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SAMARINDA, BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO 1945-11-24. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE TYPES OF UNIFORMS WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE ARMED FORCES. A NAVY CHIEF SAILOR. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT R. DONA...122577