B Coy Rabaul

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​ANZAC Day

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​​B The Coy at GiriGiri Plantation 
This would have been prior to 1964 as all are wearing slouch hats. 

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​B ​Coy bivouac at Warangoi River.  Technical notes - 37 pattern webbing with bren basic pouches, .303 rifles, bayonets, slouch hats in the field, trousers some of WWII or shortly after pattern (position of the leg pockets)
This photo and the below photo would have been taken prior to 1961 when PNGVR was issued with the 7.62 SLR in lieu of the .303 Lee Enfield.

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Bivouac at Warangoi River
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B Coy resting at Blue Lagoon
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B Coy sign and flag.
​These are now on display in the Museum at Kokopo, New Britain.
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B Coy Rabaul  1959

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MAJ Harry Green.  OC B Company Rabaul

30 May 1970. Rabaul PNG.
Wedding of Lt Douglas Ng and Frances Tong. Guard of Honour provided by B Coy PNGVR Rabaul

B Coy Rabaul returning from Annual Camp 1962.    From left:- John Smith, Lt Peter Gault  (or is it Lt R.W. Furlonger?), Pte J. Lucas, Max McAuley-White, Maj. Harry Green, Cpl ? Hanson,  Cpl Bill Holland, Cpl Max Hayes, Pte Bernie Arnold, TAA flight attendant, unknown (formerly of Kenya).

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MAJ Harry Green and GOC N Command MAJGEN Wade
B Coy Rabaul

Presentation of Citation. 
​Left to Right: LT F Holland (OC B. Coy, Rabaul), US military aide, US COL Rufus S. Ramey and MAJ N Wilson (PNGVR).

B Coy members boarding a coastal schooner for a bivouac at the Duke of York Islands.
​This photo was taken after 1964 as indigenous soldiers were by then in PNGVR.

US Military Attaché in Australia, Rufus S Ramey, inspecting B Coy Rabaul prior to the presentation of the Presidential Unit Citation, 1952.

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The Minister for External Affairs, C.E. Barnes inspects the guard at Rabaul Aerodrome.  1963.  The officer is LT J.K. Dowling.
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Destroyed Japanese aircraft outside Rabaul. 
​ Bernard Arnold (PNGVR)