Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Australian soldiers escorting Japanese soldiers to the official surrender of Bougainville.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Australian soldiers escorting Japanese soldiers to the official surrender of Bougainville.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Unknown serviceman (GWH Hirst?) standing beside a sign that reads "Bosley Field | Bougainville | Reception Centre..."
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
3/4 rear view of RAAF Beaufort A9-327 after a landing accident. Believed to be at Bougainville.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Personnel gathered around an RAAF Kittyhawk which has had an accident. Believed to be at Piva airstrip, Bougainville.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 23 Squadron Corsair NZ5487 'Dixie' after belly landing because the undercarriage failed to lower. The pilot Flight Sergeant FS Adeane survived unhurt.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Personnel rescuing the pilot from a crashed RNZAF Corsair, while a fire burns in the background.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Personnel rescuing the pilot from a crashed RNZAF Corsair, while a fire burns in the background.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Three servicemen standing in front of a jungle backdrop. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Halavo Bay, New Hebrides.
Handwritten on the reverse "Gordon WH Hirst | ? | Don Cochrane."
Also stamped on the reverse is a No. 6 Squadron Intelligence Officer clearance stamp.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Side view of the Duke of Gloucester's Avro York aircraft MW140 'Endeavour' at Bougainville.
Image from the Gordon Wadman Hooper Hirst personal collection.
Line up of RNZAF Corsairs. Believed to be at Piva airstrip, Bougainville.
Original print out of focus.
