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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-17. NX120484 PRIVATE H. BATISTE (1), SHOWING FELLOW MEMBERS OF ...
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ALEXISHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-17. NX120484 PRIVATE H. BATISTE (1), SHOWING FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE 35TH INFANTRY BATTALION A JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD HE ACQUIRED NORTH OF ALEXISHAFEN. IDENTIFIED PERSON...073438
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Arakan, Burma. c. 1945. Back with his RAF Mosquito aircraft squadron which he commands on the ...
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Arakan, Burma. c. 1945. Back with his RAF Mosquito aircraft squadron which he commands on the Arakan front, Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) A. E. Saunders, the man who was first into Rangoon, shows his ground...P02491.079
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Arakan, Burma. c. May 1945. An RAAF officer, Wing Commander L. V. (Bill) Hudson of Kingsford, ...
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Arakan, Burma. c. May 1945. An RAAF officer, Wing Commander L. V. (Bill) Hudson of Kingsford, NSW, the Commanding Officer of No. 82 (Mosquito) Squadron RAF, ex prisoner of war (POW), has a mock shave ...SEA0243
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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-04. LIEUTENANT MAX GERMAINE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, ...
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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-04. LIEUTENANT MAX GERMAINE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, HOLDING THE SWORDS AND DIRKS OF THE JAPANESE ENVOYS DURING PRE- SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS ABOARD HMAS VENDETTA A...095722
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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ...
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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY READS SURRENDER CON...095756
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AT SEA, OFF TIMOR. 1945-09-11. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TIMOR AREA WAS ...
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AT SEA, OFF TIMOR. 1945-09-11. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TIMOR AREA WAS ACCEPTED BY BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDING TIMFORCE, ON BOARD THE RAN SLOOP, HMAS MORESBY. SHOWN, AN OFFI...115114
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AT SEA, OFF TIMOR. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TIMOR AREA WAS ACCEPTED BY ...
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AT SEA, OFF TIMOR. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TIMOR AREA WAS ACCEPTED BY BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDING TIMFORCE, ON BOARD THE RAN SLOOP, HMAS MORESBY. SHOWN, COLONEL KAIDA TATSU...115113
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AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP. 1945-11-03. FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) TALESHI MATSUSAKI ABOARD HMAS JUNEE. ...
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AT SEA, TALAUD GROUP. 1945-11-03. FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) TALESHI MATSUSAKI ABOARD HMAS JUNEE. UPON RECEIVING A VERBAL ORDER FROM COLONEL KOBA, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN THE TALAUD ISLANDS, THROUGH HIS ...122608
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. CORPORAL TEAGUE P OATBY, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, SHOWING THE ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. CORPORAL TEAGUE P OATBY, 1 ARMOURED REGIMENT, SHOWING THE JAPANESE SWORD WHICH HE CAPTURED AFTER SHOOTING A JAPANESE IN A TUNNEL ON VASEY HIGHWAY DURING THE OBOE 2 OPE...110832
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Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. This inmate of the Netherlands Indies Civil Affairs (Nica) ...
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Balikpapan, Borneo. 26 July 1945. This inmate of the Netherlands Indies Civil Affairs (Nica) Hospital was the sole survivor of four Borneo men on whom the Japanese had practised beheading. His neck wa...018864
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-11-08. LIEUTENANT MADONO ATSUSHI, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, ...
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-11-08. LIEUTENANT MADONO ATSUSHI, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, AWAITS INTERROGATION AT HEADQUARTERS 7TH DIVISION. HE IS ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING OF HIS OWN ACCORD IN THE...123413
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BANDJERMASIN, BORNEO 1945-09-21. OCCUPATION OF BANDJERMASIN BY THE 2/31ST BATTALION. QX20947 ...
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BANDJERMASIN, BORNEO 1945-09-21. OCCUPATION OF BANDJERMASIN BY THE 2/31ST BATTALION. QX20947 CORPORAL T. W. ANDERSON (SOUTHPORT QLD), NX78783 CORPORAL R. G. GRICE (LISMORE NSW) AND VX46569 PRIVATE E. ...119229
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BANDJERMASIN, BORNEO 1945-09-21. OCCUPATION OF BANDJERMASIN BY THE 2/31ST BATTALION. TX9176 LANCE ...
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BANDJERMASIN, BORNEO 1945-09-21. OCCUPATION OF BANDJERMASIN BY THE 2/31ST BATTALION. TX9176 LANCE CORPORAL A. ANDERSON (STRAHAN TAS) OF D COMPANY 2/31ST BATTALION EXAMINING TWO JAPANESE 1896 PATTERN D...119230
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. MAJOR GENERAL AKASHI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE ...
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. MAJOR GENERAL AKASHI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TENOM-KENINGAU AREA HANDS OVER HIS SWORD TO BRIGADIER S. H. W. C. PORTER DSO ED, COMMANDIN...117590
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Berlin, Germany. 1941-02. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese Army, on the left, leader of a ...
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Berlin, Germany. 1941-02. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese Army, on the left, leader of a delegation of Japanese Army and Naval officers studying war strategy in Germany, translating the inscripti...073669
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-18. A JAPANESE LIEUTENANT COLONEL, ACCOMPANYING MAJOR GENERAL KIJIMA, ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-18. A JAPANESE LIEUTENANT COLONEL, ACCOMPANYING MAJOR GENERAL KIJIMA, HANDING HIS SWORD TO CAPTAIN W. DAVIES ABOARD THE DEBORAH IN NUMA NUMA HARBOUR. THE SWORD WAS ACCEPTED ON BE...096952
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS LOOKING OVER JAPANESE WEAPONS, STACKED IN ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-04-05. 25 INFANTRY BATTALION TROOPS LOOKING OVER JAPANESE WEAPONS, STACKED IN A JEEP TRAILER, CAPTURED DURING THE ATTACK AGAINST SLATER'S KNOLL. THREE TYPE 92 "WOODPECKER" LIGHT MAC...090358
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-13. MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 61ST INFANTRY BATTALION ADMIRING A ...
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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-13. MEMBERS OF A COMPANY, 61ST INFANTRY BATTALION ADMIRING A JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD HELD BY VX37706 WARRANT OFFICER II, H. ROBERTS, NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATION UNIT (4). IDE...079105
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LADY WAKEHURST (3), AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL B.J. CALLINAN COMMANDING ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LADY WAKEHURST (3), AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL B.J. CALLINAN COMMANDING OFFICER, 26 INFANTRY BRIGADE, EXAMINING A JAPANESE SWORD CAPTURED IN NORTH BOUGAINVILLE. LADY WAKEHURST, L...090133
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LADY WAKEHURST EXAMINING A JAPANESE SWORD DURING HER VISIT, WITH LORD ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LADY WAKEHURST EXAMINING A JAPANESE SWORD DURING HER VISIT, WITH LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND LADY BLAMEY TO THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE AREA WHERE TROOPS OF TH...090132
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), AND LADY WAKEHURST ...
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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-31. LORD WAKEHURST, GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES (2), AND LADY WAKEHURST (3), EXAMINING A CAPTURED JAPANESE SWORD DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE NORTH BOUGAINVILLE AREA. ALONGSIDE STAN...090131
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-18. MAJOR GENERAL K. KIJIMA HANDING HIS SWORD TO CAPTAIN W. DAVIES ABOARD ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-09-18. MAJOR GENERAL K. KIJIMA HANDING HIS SWORD TO CAPTAIN W. DAVIES ABOARD THE DEBORAH IN NUMA NUMA HARBOUR. THE SWORD WAS ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE, GE...096951
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. TROOPS OF 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON ADMIRING JAPANESE SWORDS CAPTURED BY ...
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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. TROOPS OF 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON ADMIRING JAPANESE SWORDS CAPTURED BY THEIR MATES IN A RAID ON A PARTY OF JAPANESE TROOPS MOVING ALONG THE BUIN ROAD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:...093031
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LISTING AND PLACING NAME TAGS ...
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LISTING AND PLACING NAME TAGS ON THE SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR COLLECTION BY AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FRO...096778
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LISTING AND PLACING NAME TAGS ...
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LISTING AND PLACING NAME TAGS ON THE SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR COLLECTION BY AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FRO...096777
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LOADING SWORDS OF JAPANESE ...
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LOADING SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS, TIED IN BUNDLES OF TEN, ONTO AN AUSTRALIAN MOTOR LAUNCH AT BUKA JETTY, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO HQ 2...096784
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LOADING SWORDS OF JAPANESE ...
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE NAVAL TROOPS LOADING SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS, TIED IN BUNDLES OF TEN, ONTO AN AUSTRALIAN MOTOR LAUNCH AT BUKA JETTY, FOR TRANSPORTATION TO HQ 2...096785
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. THE SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS, EACH WITH A NAME ...
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BUKA ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA, 1945-09-19. THE SWORDS OF JAPANESE OFFICERS, EACH WITH A NAME TAG, LAID OUT AROUND THE STORE HOUSE IN READINESS FOR COLLECTION BY THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HQ...096779
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. A BROKEN JAPANESE SWORD CAPTURED DURING AN ACTION AT MAROVA, NEW ...
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CANBERRA, ACT. 1957-05-03. A BROKEN JAPANESE SWORD CAPTURED DURING AN ACTION AT MAROVA, NEW GEORGIA, BY MAJOR D.G. KENNEDY, DSO. MAJOR KENNEDY WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY AMONG THE COASTWATCHERS IN...069802
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-29. LANCE CORPORAL R.C. COSTELLO (1) AND LANCE CORPORAL L.W. CREER ...
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA. 1945-09-29. LANCE CORPORAL R.C. COSTELLO (1) AND LANCE CORPORAL L.W. CREER (2), MEMBERS OF 2/3 INFANTRY BATTALION, DISPLAYING A CAPTURED JAPANESE SWORD AND FLAG.097272
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW ...
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Maker: Weir, Edward James
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION,...096463
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW ...
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Maker: Weir, Edward James
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION,...096466
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW ...
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Maker: Weir, Edward James
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION,...096464
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW ...
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Maker: Weir, Edward James
CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION,...096465
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6960611 Charles M. Stewart III of the United States Army, volunteered for service in 1939. ...
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Maker: Rainsford, Keith Carr
6960611 Charles M. Stewart III of the United States Army, volunteered for service in 1939. Seeking combat he transferred from an American Provisional Truck Company at Taylors Bay and later became att...070063
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Chief Petty Officer Reginald James George Sparrow and Lieutenant Commander John Sydney Bovill ...
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Maker: Herald Newspaper
Chief Petty Officer Reginald James George Sparrow and Lieutenant Commander John Sydney Bovill examine a pistol and ceremonial sword taken from one of the Japanese midget submarines which attacked Sydn...P00455.018
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CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY. 1946-02-14. WF45813 SERGEANT MCROHN (LEFT) TESTING THE BLADE OF A JAPANESE ...
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CIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY. 1946-02-14. WF45813 SERGEANT MCROHN (LEFT) TESTING THE BLADE OF A JAPANESE SWORD HELD BY WF45816 SERGEANT HORNLEY (RIGHT). THE TWO AWAS SERGEANTS WERE WAITING TO DISEMBARK FROM ...125785
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Corporal Peter Teague, 1 Armoured Regiment, showing the Japanese sword which he captured after ...
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Maker: Donaldson, Robert Eric
Corporal Peter Teague, 1 Armoured Regiment, showing the Japanese sword which he captured after shooting a Japanese soldier in a tunnel on Vasey Highway during the OBOE 2 Operation. Also identified is ...110833
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NX21119 PRIVATE A. WEBB (1), AND NX69093 PRIVATE J.R. ROWSELL (2), ...
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. NX21119 PRIVATE A. WEBB (1), AND NX69093 PRIVATE J.R. ROWSELL (2), MEMBERS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION, COMPARE JAPANESE SWORDS CAPTURED AT THE AIRSTRIP.079916
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION DISPLAY AN ARRAY OF ...
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DAGUA, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-25. TROOPS OF THE 2/2ND INFANTRY BATTALION DISPLAY AN ARRAY OF CAPTURED JAPANESE SWORDS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- QX31236 PRIVATE D.R. DAY (1); NX21119 PRIVATE A. WEBB (2)...079915
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DJOEATA BOORTEREIN, TARAKAN ISLAND. 2 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION ...
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DJOEATA BOORTEREIN, TARAKAN ISLAND. 2 JULY 1945. MEMBERS OF C COMPANY, 2/24 INFANTRY BATTALION GROUPED WITH THEIR SOUVENIRS WHICH INCLUDE A SWORD, PISTOLS, FLAG AND A NUMBER OF JAPANESE AND DUTCH RIFL...110447
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EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-19. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM ...
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EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-19. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS TRAVELLED BY NSW HOSPITAL TRAIN TO ALBURY WHERE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO 6TH AUSTRALIAN ...115861
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Finschhafen, New Guinea. Cut off by the Japanese near Scarlet Beach an Australian patrol was ...
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Maker: Brown, Norman
Finschhafen, New Guinea. Cut off by the Japanese near Scarlet Beach an Australian patrol was saved by an RAAF unit which dropped supplies and gave them directions for rejoining their patrol. Later mem...016075
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Finschhafen, New Guinea. Cut off by the Japanese near Scarlet Beach an Australian patrol was ...
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Maker: Brown, Norman
Finschhafen, New Guinea. Cut off by the Japanese near Scarlet Beach an Australian patrol was saved by an RAAF unit which dropped supplies and gave them directions for rejoining their patrol. Later mem...016076
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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. MEMBERS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. MEMBERS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION AND NO. 4 SQUADRON (ARMY COOPERATION) RAAF STANDING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE SQUADRON'S WIRRAWAY AIRCRAFT,...059593
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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-30. NX51115 CAPTAIN R. GARNSEY, G111 AIR, 9TH AUSTRALIAN ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-30. NX51115 CAPTAIN R. GARNSEY, G111 AIR, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, HANDING JAPANESE SWORDS TO PILOT 400848 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. A. WATCHORN, NO. 4 ARMY CO-OPERATION SQ...059181
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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. SX9038 MAJOR P.E. SIEKMAN, OFFICER COMMANDING, "C" COMPANY, ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. SX9038 MAJOR P.E. SIEKMAN, OFFICER COMMANDING, "C" COMPANY, 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION, PRESENTING JAPANESE SWORDS TO 400848 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F.H. WATCHOR...059594
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FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. WHEN TWO PLATOONS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER ...
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Maker: Sanders, William Charles
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1943-10-28. WHEN TWO PLATOONS OF "C" COMPANY, 2/3RD AUSTRALIAN PIONEER BATTALION WERE CUT OFF NORTH WEST OF KATIKA FOR SIX DAYS, PILOTS OF NO. 4 SQUADRON (ARMY COOPERATION) RA...059590
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GENERAL IMAMURA PRESENTS HIS SWORD TO GENERAL STURDEE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS GLORY DURING THE ...
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GENERAL IMAMURA PRESENTS HIS SWORD TO GENERAL STURDEE ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF HMS GLORY DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY OF THE JAPANESE FORCES AT RABAUL, 1945-09-06.044269
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Group portrait of Japanese soldiers taken from the body of a Japanese soldier killed in action. ...
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Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of Japanese soldiers taken from the body of a Japanese soldier killed in action. On the reverse is stamped in Japanese characters, 'ARMY SERGEANT HIMIYAMA SHOEI' and handwritten in Engl...P09002.001
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HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-22. MEMBERS OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION ADMIRING A CAPTURED ...
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HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-22. MEMBERS OF THE 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION ADMIRING A CAPTURED JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD. THEY ARE:- Q106990 PRIVATE N.F. SHILLING; NX86826 PRIVATE J.J. MAHONEY; NX120995 LI...074210
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HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-22. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEANING UP A ...
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HANSA BAY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-22. TROOPS OF C COMPANY, 4TH INFANTRY BATTALION CLEANING UP A JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD AND JAPANESE RIFLES WHICH THEY CAPTURED DURING THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING IN THE AREA. I...074262
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. ...
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. MAJOR-GENERAL OKADA AND VICE-ADMIRAL FUJITA SIGNED FOR THE JAPANESE AND SURRENDERED THEIR SWORDS TO RE...P00245.004
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. ...
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. MAJOR-GENERAL OKADA AND VICE-ADMIRAL FUJITA SIGNED FOR THE JAPANESE AND SURRENDERED THEIR SWORDS TO RE...P00245.005
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. ...
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HONG KONG, 1945-09-16. OFFICIAL SURRENDER CEREMONY OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE COLONY OF HONG KONG. MAJOR-GENERAL OKADA AND VICE-ADMIRAL FUJITA SIGNED FOR THE JAPANESE AND SURRENEDERED THEIR SWORDS TO R...P00245.006
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Japanese Army Katana Sword Bamboo Surrender Block
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199.002
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Japanese Army Katana Sword Leather Grip
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199.001
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Japanese Army NCO's shin-gunto sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Japanese Army non commissioned officer's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The sword has an aluminium tsuka (handle) made to resemble the traditionally cloth wrapped shin-gunto swords. There are three ar...REL37384
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Japanese Army NCO's shin-gunto sword and scabbard : Major General Sir W J V Windeyer, 20 Brigade
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Japanese Army NCO's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt (tsuka) is made of cast aluminium, shaped to resemble the officer's type which had rayskin hilts, cherry blossom hilt ornaments (menuki) and...REL38999
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kanehiro
Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard with leather battle guard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass shin-gunto fittings, brown cotton binding tape over the rayskin grip ...REL38896
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Sato, Yukihira
Japanese Army Officer's sword, scabbard and two sections of hanging straps. The hilt has single dragon menuki on one side of the handle under the binding. The tsuba (guard) is a pierced type with a su...REL37385
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kanezane, Asano
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL37380.001
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-Gunto Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34476
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto Sword and Scabbard : Major J D Bowtell, 12/40 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Kaneshige
Japanese Shin-gunto Officer's Sword and scabbard and two attached surrender labels. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on ...REL36469
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto Sword and Scabbard with wooden surrender block
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Officer's Sword and scabbard, accompanied by an attached surrender block with black Japanese characters. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with ...REL38784
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto Sword : Colonel Aikyo, Imperal Japanese Army
Technology
Japanese Shin-Gunto officer's sword with standard military fittings of a pierced tsuba (guard), five sepa, and cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornaments) on the white same (ray skin) under the brown bindi...REL/04363.001
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-gunto Sword Mountings
Technology
Japanese shin-gunto sword mountings. Standard Japanese Army brass fittings of brass tsuba, six seppa and menuki. The hilt binding has been laquered and the sarute (pommel loop) is missing. The handle ...REL/07079.001
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-Gunto sword with scabbard and surrender tag : SBA (Sick Berth Attendant) F R Leece, RAN
Technology
Maker: Kanemichi
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL38046
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Japanese Army officer's shin-gunto sword with scabbard : Flying Officer J R Coate, 4 Airfield Construction Squadron, RAAF
Technology
Maker: Yoshinori, Matsuyama
Japanese Army officer's shin-gunto sword with scabbard. The hilt is wrapped in white same (ray skin) beneath brown binding and has the standard army style brass shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom...REL43302
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Japanese Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a civilian katana (sword) hilt with a copper fushi (collar) and kashira (pommel cap) which are engraved in an ivy or creeper pattern. It has br...REL34474
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Japanese Army Officer's Wakizashi sword and scabbard : Private J N Haines, 29/46th Australian Infantry Battalion
Technology
Maker: Shimosaka, Masakuni
Japanese Army Officer's Wakizashi sword and scabbard in leather battle guard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornaments) on each ...REL43456
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Japanese Army Shin-gunto Sword and Scabbard : Lieutenant General Adachi, Commander of the XVIII Japanese Army
Technology
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki on each side of the handle under the brown bindi...RELAWM31261
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Japanese Colonel Aikyo and his surrender party moving along the Riam Road.
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Colonel Aikyo and his surrender party moving along the Riam Road.130151
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Japanese Katana : Imperial Japanese Army
Technology
Maker: Kanemune
Japanese Army officer's Shin-gunto sword. The hilt has standard fittings with cherry blossom menuki on each side of the handle under the binding. The tsuba (guard) is a good quality pierced type and t...REL28962
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Japanese Katana sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kanemichi
The hilt has a copper kashira (pommel cap) which has a pressing with a mon (family crest) either of the Oda or Askura family. It has green cotton binding tape over the ray skin grip with menukis (hilt...REL38882
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Japanese Katana Sword Blade
Technology
Japanese Sword Blade. The blade is unsigned and has a single fuller to each side to within 30 mm of the point. The polisher Kotoken Kajihara describes this blade in 1984 as "having a curvature of 1.2 ...REL/07079.002
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Japanese Katana Sword Blade
Technology
Japanese sword blade. The tang is unsigned and is described in 1984 by the Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara as: "Shape: Shinogi-Zukuri, Length: 64.8 cm, Curvature: 2.5 cm, Kissaki: Sho-Kissaki, Nak...RELAWM30601.002
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Japanese Katana Sword Blade
Technology
Japanese sword blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara, the Japanese sword polisher in 1983, as: "Few swords made in the Kamakura era have Ubu-Nakago. This Tachi blade was, however, made at that ti...REL/03861.002
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Japanese katana sword with scabbard
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199
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Japanese Military Shin-gunto Sword Mountings
Technology
Japanese Military Sword Mountings. The hilt has mountings of the Showa (c 1930) period flower pattern Fushi-Kashira. The menuki are a copper crabs with pronounced claws and the tsuba (guard) is an ir...RELAWM30601.001
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Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto Sword
Technology
Maker: Masahiro, Hattori
Japanese Naval Officer's sword (kai-gunto) . Blade tang marked Seki (Arsenal) Forges (post 1942), Mino Province, made by Masahiro. Family name unreadable. Wrapped around the tang was a postcard being ...REL/20363.001
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Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto sword and scabbard : Lieutenant A P Coxon, 55/53rd Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese kai-gunto naval officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has standard Imperial Japanese Navy gilded brass fittings of a fushi, kabuto-gane and cherry blossom menuki under the brown handle bindi...REL33979
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Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto sword and scabbard with leather battle guard : Lieutenant Colonel N L Fleay DSO, 2/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Technology
Maker: Kamakura Tenshozan Tanrenjo
Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt has standard Japanese Navy gilded brass fittings of a fuchi (collar), kabuto-gane (pommel) and triple cherry blossom menuki (hilt orname...REL39523
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Japanese naval officers sword and scabbard : Lieutenant R P Cummins, 61 Battalion
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Naval Kai-gunto officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard navy style gilded copper kai-gunto fittings. It has brown tape binding over black same (ray skin) and three cherry blos...REL41096
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Japanese Navy Kai-gunto Broken Sword: Major D.G. Kennedy, Coastwatcher
Technology
Japanese Kai-gunto sword broken in three pieces. The hilt has the standard Japanese Navy guilded brass fittings of a fushi, kabuto-gane and cherry blossom menuki under the brown handle binding over bl...RELAWM30907
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JAPANESE OFFICERS HANDING THEIR SWORDS TO AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER OF 6 DIVISION. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, ...
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JAPANESE OFFICERS HANDING THEIR SWORDS TO AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER OF 6 DIVISION. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, COMD 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJ-GEN H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GOC 6 DIVISION, ...096234
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Japanese Pattern 1886 Cavalry Trooper's Sword and Scabbard
Technology
Japanese Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a small sheet steel D shape guard with a checkered steel back strap and plain pommel. The guard is stamped with the triple interlocked rings symbol ...REL/16724
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Japanese Shin-Gunto Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34475
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Japanese Sword Scabbard
Technology
Steel Japanese Imperial Army sword scabbard with a brown leather cover laced up at the throat and a single loose ring on a band.RELAWM27426.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Blade
Technology
Japanese wakizashi blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara the Japanese polisher in 1984 as: "This sword blade has no fault. Both Jihada and Hamon are good. The inscribed signature on the tang was ...RELAWM32820.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade : Surrendered by Abe Tadaichi, Imperial Japanese Navy Intelligence Service, to Major Phillips at Halmahera.
Technology
Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade with a single peg hole in the tang and a two character signature. The Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara described this blade in 1983 as: "Jihada and Hamon are good. Swo...RELAWM31957.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Sword Mountings
Technology
Japanese wakizashi sword mountings. The hilt is grey leather covered over wood with a plain ribbed fushi but the binding, menuki and kashira are missing.The round tsuba is plain iron with a pierced le...RELAWM32820.001
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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-09-28. 2/32ND BATTALION. SWORDS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS JAPANESE ...
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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-09-28. 2/32ND BATTALION. SWORDS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS JAPANESE OCCUPIED BUILDING, FORMERLY THE CUSTOMS HOUSE AND LOADED ONTO A JEEP OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY. (PHOT...120774
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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-09-28. 2/32ND BATTALION. SWORDS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS JAPANESE ...
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JESSELTON, NORTH BORNEO 1945-09-28. 2/32ND BATTALION. SWORDS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS JAPANESE OCCUPIED BUILDING, FORMERLY THE CUSTOMS HOUSE AND LOADED ONTO A JEEP OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY. (PHOT...120775
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KARKAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-27. NX131536 PRIVATE W.R. CLARKE (1), AND NX156225 LANCE-SERGEANT ...
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KARKAR, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-27. NX131536 PRIVATE W.R. CLARKE (1), AND NX156225 LANCE-SERGEANT C.J. JOYCE (2), MEMBERS OF THE 35TH INFANTRY BATTALION, HOLD A JAPANESE FLAG AND SWORD WHICH THEY DISCOVER...073608
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KENINGAU, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 23RD SEPTEMBER 1945. TAKING THE SWORD OF SURRENDER FROM THE SENIOR ...
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KENINGAU, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO 23RD SEPTEMBER 1945. TAKING THE SWORD OF SURRENDER FROM THE SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICER AT THE KENINGAU CAMP ARE (L. TO R.) FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (ACTING SQUADRON LEADER) E.V. (...P00014.008
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KOEPANG, TIMOR. 1946-02-07. LIEUTENANT SUEMI WADA, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, IS ACCUSED ...
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Maker: Davis, Keith Benjamin
KOEPANG, TIMOR. 1946-02-07. LIEUTENANT SUEMI WADA, A SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINAL, IS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING A NATIVE WITH A SWORD FOR HAVING GIGGLED IN HIS PRESENCE. WADA WAS LATER SENT TO DARWIN FO...125751
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KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. BEARING COLONEL KAIDA TATSUICHI, COMMANDER ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. BEARING COLONEL KAIDA TATSUICHI, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 4TH TANK REGIMENT IN TIMOR, AND OTHER JAPANESE SIGNATORIES TO THE SURRENDER ON BOARD HMA...OG3478
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KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE COMMANDER, COLONEL KAIDA TATSUICHI, ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE COMMANDER, COLONEL KAIDA TATSUICHI, SALUTES AFTER HANDING HIS SWORD TO BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE CBE DSO, 33RD BRIGADE (NOT SEEN), AS PART O...OG3481
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Kuala Belait, North West Borneo. 20 September 1945. Major A. J. Hill, Brigade Major, 20th ...
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Kuala Belait, North West Borneo. 20 September 1945. Major A. J. Hill, Brigade Major, 20th Australian Infantry Brigade, taking charge of surrendered Japanese swords at the Surrender Ceremony at 20th Br...030267/21