A captured Japanese Talisman flag is displayed for the camera by air crew and airmen, presumably on leave in New Zealand from the Pacific theatre of operations. Unknown location.
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
Unknown serviceman poses with German souvenirs. Unknown location.
The flag is a German State Service flag.
Sawmill worker displays captured Japanese military souvenirs. Possibly Arundel Island or Guadalcanal [?]
Items in view include a rifle, bayonet, helmet, gas masks and toed sandals (tabi).
Group of RNZAF personnel display a captured Japanese flag, banner, grenade discharger and rifle. Bougainville.
Wing Commander CWK Nicholls is holding the rifle and Flight Lieutenant PT Curran is holding the flag (left). See PR3394 and Contact magazine, August 1944, page 52.