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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-20. HMAS LITHGOW, OFF MOILA POINT, WITH TWO JAPANESE OFFICERS ON BOARD MOVES AWAY FROM THE BARGE WHICH HAD DELIVERED THE JAPANESE FOR SURRENDER ARRANGEMENTS. (RNZAF ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08. TWO ARMY OFFICERS WITH BRITISH ENTERTAINER GRACIE FIELDS AFTER A THANKSGIVING SERVICE ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. GENERAL HITOSHI IMAMURA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH AREA ARMY, SIGNS THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON BOARD HMS GLORY OFF RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. BRITISH SAILORS ON PARADE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS GLORY OFF RABAUL DURING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER CEREMONY. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. VICE ADMIRAL JINICHI KUSAKA, COMMANDER JAPANESE SOUTHEAST AREA FLEET, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER ON BOARD HMS GLORY OFF RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

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

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. OFF RABAUL A JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY STANDS ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS GLORY FLANKED BY MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISALND AND AUSTRALIAN GUARDS SEATED IN A SECTION OF THE INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

NEW BRITAIN, 1945-09-06. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR VERNON STURDEE READS THE SURRENDER CONDITIONS TO THE SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY ON BOARD HMS GLORY OFF RABAUL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND, UNDER AUSTRALIAN GUARDS, REFRESH THEMSELVES IN A STREAM DURING THEIR MOVE FROM TOROKINA TO AN INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH RAN ML816 AND A JAPANESE PEACE BARGE APPROACHING FROM BUIN BAY IN THE BACKGROUND. ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED TEAM OF OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. ..