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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.)

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 ..

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

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

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