Japanese POW Nauru - Australia in World War Two

FOLLOWING THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE on Nauru, TROOPS OF 31/51 INFANTRY BATTALION OCCUPIED THE ISLAND. THE TROOPS WERE GIVEN CHARGE OF THE JAPANESE WHO WERE SPLIT INTO SMALL PARTIES TO CLEAN UP THE ISLAND. SHOWN, LIEUTENANT CORPORAL J. LEPINATH AND A JAPANESE WORKER DRAGGING DEAD VEGETATION TO A DUMP FOR BURNING.