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Australian War Memorial 096903. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Australian War Memorial 096903. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A CHINESE PLATOON, PART OF A COMPLETE UNIT BROUGHT FROM SINGAPORE BY THE JAPANESE TO WORK IN NEW BRITAIN DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. THEY ARE PARADING IN F... More

Australian War Memorial 096905. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Australian War Memorial 096905. Public domain, Post-war Japan.

Three soldiers of the famous Chinese 88 Division which fought a renowned stand in Shanghai for the French concession. They were brought from Singapore by the Japanese to work as labourers in New Britain during ... More

Australian War Memorial 099921

Australian War Memorial 099921

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-16. OF THE 653 CHINESE WHO DIED WHILST CAPTIVES OF THE JAPANESE, 259 WERE RE-INTERRED IN A CHINESE CEMETERY AT RABAUL. THE NEAT GROUNDS, ROWS OF MARKED GRAVES AND AN INSCRIBED MEMOR... More

AWM 078948 1st New Guinea Bn troops on patrol February 1945

AWM 078948 1st New Guinea Bn troops on patrol February 1945

Troops from the 1st New Guinea Battalion on patrol in New Britain, 7 February 1945, during World War II.

HH1883 pg139 Eingeborene - Public domain  print

HH1883 pg139 Eingeborene - Public domain print

Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

HH1883 pg141 Häuptling von Neu-Britannien

HH1883 pg141 Häuptling von Neu-Britannien

Public domain image of 18th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dampier-nh2-10 - A black and white drawing of a mountain range

Dampier-nh2-10 - A black and white drawing of a mountain range

Dampier, A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland

Dampier-nh2-12 - A black and white drawing of a map

Dampier-nh2-12 - A black and white drawing of a map

Dampier, A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland

Deutsch-Neuguinea-Rekruten

Deutsch-Neuguinea-Rekruten

Deutsch: Eingeborene Rekruten beim Exerzieren in Deutsch-Neuguinea kurz vor Kriegsbeginn English: Papuan troops on New Britain under German command undertake drill just prior to the outbreak of war.