Trail The Islands Remembrance Trail 9 steps 45m Start trail Skip past slideshow Step-1 New Britain 1942 to 1945 Step-2 Arawe 15 December 1943 to 24 February 1944 Step-3 Cape Gloucester 1943 to 1945 Step-4 Gazelle Peninsula 1942 to 1945 Step-5 1943 to 1945 Allied retaking of New Britain Step-6 1943 to 1945 Japanese surrender at Rabaul Step-7 Bougainville 1942 to 1945 Step-8 Torokina 1942 to 1945 Step-9 8 September 1945 Japanese surrender at Bougainville