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Haurongo: Hillary, Edmund Percival

In the Solomon Islands, 1945

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In the Solomon Islands, 1945

Edmund Hillary was posted to Fiji and then the Solomon Islands with the RNZAF in 1945. In this photograph Hillary (far left) and members of his squadron are launching a motorboat which they found abandoned. They repaired it and renamed it the Jolly Roger.

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Shaun Barnett. 'Hillary, Edmund Percival', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28322/in-the-solomon-islands-1945 (accessed 4 June 2026).