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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. ALLIED TRUCKS LOADED WITH THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND ARRIVING AT THE INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND TO WHICH THE JAPANESE HAD ..

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 XVII JAPANESE ARMY, COMING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, TO BE TRANSPORTED TO TOROKINA ..

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.)

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, 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, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND SURRENDERED ON 1945-09-13 AND AN ALLIED DECISION WAS MADE TO TRANSPORT THE PERSONNEL TO TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, FOR ..

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, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY SAVIGE, (GOC II AUSTRALIAN CORPS), SEATED AT CENTRE OF TABLE CHECKS THE TERMS OF SURRENDER DOCUMENT; ..

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. 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 ..