A ONE LEGGED JAPANESE SOLDIER ON NUMA NUMA BEACH. THE SICK AND WOUNDED ARE AWAITING EVACUATION ...

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Accession Number 097019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Freeman, William Harry
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Numa Numa
Date made 18 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

A ONE LEGGED JAPANESE SOLDIER ON NUMA NUMA BEACH. THE SICK AND WOUNDED ARE AWAITING EVACUATION FROM NUMA NUMA TO TOROKINA. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS HAVE ARRIVED AT NUMA NUMA PLANTATION TO DISCUSS MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SURRENDER DETAILS WITH MAJOR GENERAL K. KIJIMA.