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

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-20. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER ABOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOILA POINT EXPLAINS SURRENDER PLANS TO TWO JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

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

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, CONVEYS A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL TO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS WITH VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, AWAITING THE START OF THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT TOROKINA, ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, MOVE INTO THE BATTLE ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN 7TH BRIGADE, WITH AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL, ARRIVING AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY LOCATION AT TOROKINA, ..

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. SOME JAPANESE TROOPS FROM NAURU ISLAND REST AS THEY WATCH FELLOW SERVICEMEN ENTERING THEIR INTERNMENT CAMP ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND AFTER MARCHING FROM TOROKINA. ..