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THE SOLOMON ISALNDS, 1945-08. A GROUP OF SERVICE OFFICERS AND BRITISH ENTERTAINER GRACIE FIELDS AT A THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. SOME MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY ON BOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PRIOR TO BEING TRANSPORTED TO TOROKINA FOR THE SIGNING ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. JAPANESE BARGE FROM BUIN BAY, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, ON BOARD APPROACHES HMAS LITHGOW ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, CONVEYS A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL TO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WITH VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, AWAITING THE START OF THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT TOROKINA, ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, MOVE INTO THE BATTLE ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN 7TH BRIGADE, WITH AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL, ARRIVING AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY LOCATION AT TOROKINA, ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. SOME JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND REST AS THEY WATCH FELLOW SERVICEMEN ENTERING THEIR INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND AFTER MARCHING FROM TOROKINA. ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND RELAXING AT THEIR INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND AFTER MARCHING FROM TOROKINA. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, SEATED AT THE SURRENDER ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. VIEW FROM A WATCHTOWER OF A SECTION OF AN INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND IN WHICH JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND WERE HELD PENDING THEIR RETURN TO JAPAN. ..