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HMS Charybdis near Bismarck Archipeligo Sept 1970 |
South Pacific sunset, Sept 1970 |
"I don't know if they frighten the enemy, but by God they frighten me" (Wellington, 1815). Sterling sub machine guns Sept1970 |
Admiral Lewin goes ashore. Gizo, Solomon Islaands Sept 1970 |
Admiral Lewin
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Spectators, Gizo, Solomon Islands Sept 1970
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HMS Minerva, moored off Gizo Sept 1970 |
Gizo islanders Sept 1970
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Schoolgirls (& daggers!) Gizo Sept 1970
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War canoe race Gizo Sept 1970 |
War canoe race |
War canoe race |
Gizo elders on the flight deck
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Red spider, Gizo
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Isaac Newton, Gizo |
Children, Gizo
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Jack ashore, Gizo AB Sam Whalley, (Wtr Tim Townend in the background) |
...and a spectator |
Arriving at Yandina, Solomon Islands, Sept 1970 |
Yandina |
Yandina |
Yandina |
Yandina |
Yandina |
Yandina |
South Sea Islands |
Coming ashore in the whaler, Kirakira, Solomon Islands Sept 1970 |
Captain, presented with a live cockerel, Kirakira |
and another |
Young family at Kirakira |
dancer, Kirakira |
Presented with garlands, Kirakira |
Minerva, off Kirakira |
another cockerel. Lo Island, New Hebrides |
Lo Island, New Hebrides, Minerva anchored off |
Lo Island locals |
Admiral Lewin addresses the school. Only 5 of us went ashore, in the Gemini. I can't remember the name of this island. |
Devonport Naval Base, New Zealand, on Dominion Day, Sept 1970 |
HMS Charybdis during "Longex", anchored in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand |
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