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CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. DRIVER S. BATES, TRANSPORT PERSONNEL, 2/1 INFANTRY BATTALION, WORKING UNDER THE BONNET OF HIS JEEP

BRANDI, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. NATIVES MAKING A SAC-SAC FENCE TO SCREEN THE FRONT OF BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, 35 INFANTRY BATTALION

WIRUI MISSION, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. JAPANESE WATER COOLED .5 INCH BROWNING TYPE HEAVY MACHINE-GUN, FOUND IN ONE OF THE TWO JAPANESE WEAPON PITS WHICH PINNED DOWN TWO SECTIONS OF NO.8 ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, AND INTERPRETER, AT THE TABLE USED FOR THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. ..

CAPE PUS, WEWAK AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-07. CORPORAL R.L. FREY (1) AND SAPPER T. PRIDAY (2), MEMBERS OF 2/8 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, USING A CROSS-CUT SAW ON A LOG

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, DISCUSSING THE TERMS OF SURRENDER WITH MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, ADDRESSING TROOPS OF 6 DIVISION, DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ..

CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, HANDING HIS SWORD TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION. ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-11. A JAPANESE SOLDIER WITH HIS HEAD ON HIS KNEES, LOOKING DEJECTED. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY HEADQUARTERS 6 DIVISION. THE ISLAND WAS SURRENDERED BY ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE TROOPS APPARENTLY HAD PLENTY OF BEER AT ONE STAGE JUDGING BY THE PILE OF EMPTY KAREN NIPPONESE EXPORT BEER BOTTLES. THE AREA IS NOW OCCUPIED BY ..