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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-20. OFF MOILA POINT, TWO JAPANESE OFFICERS UNDER NAVAL GUARD ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW WAIT FOR SURRENDER ARRANGEMENTS TO BE DISCUSSED. NEARBY IS THE JAPANESE BARGE, FLYING ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL ATTENDING A THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. ON BOARD HMS GLORY OFF RABAUL THE OFFICIAL ALLIED PARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER GROUP FACE EACH OTHER ACROSS THE TABLE HOLDING THE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS. ONE OF ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08. BRITISH ENTERTAINER GRACIE FIELDS AND HER HUSBAND MONTY BANKS DEPARTING AFTER AN AUSTRALIAN THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, WITH AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. THE BARGE AND CREW WHICH CARRIED AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, FROM BUIN BAY TO HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOILA POINT, ..

The Japanese surrender party, with an Australian escort led by Brigadier J Field, Commander 7th Australian Brigade, moves off from the waterfront at Torokina, Bougainville Island, towards the site ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, COMING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, TO BE TRANSPORTED TO TOROKINA ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED DELEGATION DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE BRIGADIER ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, WITH HIS TWO INTERPRETERS, READ DETAILS OF THE ACTION REQUIRED BY ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE AUSTER AIRCRAFT (A11-3) ON A BUSH AIRSTRIP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER 7TH AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE, AND A NAVAL OFFICER, WATCHED BY ALLIED AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL, EXAMINE TWO JAPANESE SWORDS AT ..