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AT SEA, OFF TIMOR. 1945-09-11. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TIMOR AREA WAS ACCEPTED BY BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDING TIMFORCE, ON BOARD THE RAN SLOOP, HMAS MORESBY. SHOWN ..

KOKOPO, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-02-28. MEMBERS OF 3 GROUP CAMP, 11 DIVISION, SEARCHING JAPANESE TROOPS BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE CAMP TO BOARD THE DEMILITARIZED AIRCRAFT CARRIER KATSURAGI FOR THEIR JOURNEY ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-11-21. PERSONNEL OF THE RESERVE CRAFT SECTION, 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY. (FOR IDENTIFICATION OF 28 NAMED PERSONNEL REFER TO PROVISIONAL CAPTION OR NAME INDEX)

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1945-11-25. PTE W. ZIMMERMAN, AT THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY CANTEENS SERVICE OFFICERS' CLUB CHECKING IN OFFICERS' CAPS AND HATS. THE CLUB IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE BUSU RIVER

OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, DRAWING ALONGSIDE THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, FOR ..

MUBO VILLAGE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-02-07. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF MUBO VILLAGE LOOKING SOUTH WEST AND SHOWING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA SEATED AT THE SURRENDER TABLE AT HQ 2 CORPS IN READINESS FOR ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN, 1946-03-01. THE UNIT SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WATERCRAFT SECTION, 12 ADVANCED WORKSHOP, CORPS OF AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND VICE-ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, DISEMBARKING FROM THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER, 7TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, RECEIVING A JAPANESE OFFICER'S SWORD FROM COMMANDER A. E. FOWLER, RAN, AT THE PONTOON WHARF PRIOR TO MOVING ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 COPRS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 COPRS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, ..