The Battle of the Treasury Islands was a Second World War battle that took place between 27 October and 12 November 1943 on the Treasury Islands group, part of the Solomon Islands. The battle formed p
Russell Clark's painting Landing ships under fire, Treasury Island (3rd NZ Division), 27 October 1943
Treasury Islands landings, October 1943
A New Zealand mortar squad on Mono Island
The Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August – 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United States at the end of the New Georgia campaign.
US troops on Vella Lavella, mid-September 1943
Destroyers forming part of the escort screen protecting the US invasion force, 15 August 1943
New Zealand soldiers land at Baka Baka, Vella Lavella to relieve US troops on 17 September 1943.
4th Marine Defense Battalion artillery at Barakoma Airfield.