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Schofield Smith & Wesson Model 1875 Revolver
Technology
Smith & Wesson single action, six shot 'Russian' revolver. Break frame action marked Smith & Wesson Mod 1875 Russian. The barrel top rib has the manufacturers address and patent dates between 1865 - 1...RELAWM27437
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Senior Japanese Army officers and United States Navy (USN) personnel at a conference prior to the ...
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Senior Japanese Army officers and United States Navy (USN) personnel at a conference prior to the signing of the surrender document. They are seated around a table in what is probably the wardroom of ...P02210.001
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Senninbari : Japanese Landing Force at Milne Bay
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Stained white cotton senninbari, or belt of a thousand stitches. The belt has a thicker middle section which is 420 mm long by 145 mm wide. Stitched on the upper centre of this section is a small squa...RELAWM32829
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SEPIK RIVER AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS ...
Photograph
Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
SEPIK RIVER AREA, NORTH EAST NEW GUINEA. C. 1945. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS LOCATED ON SEPIK RIVER AND SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED BY ALLIED ATTACKS.OG3015
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Sergeant Kiyomasa Fukui (No. 429 Unit, 2 Squad)
Private Record
Maker: Fukui, Kiyomasa
Original handwritten diary in the Japanese language by Sergeant Kiyomasa Fukui. Covers the period, 1 January 1945 to 2 February. The diary is written in a Far Eastern University, Philippines, excercis...PR86/373
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SHARK ISLAND, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-28. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES UNLOADING FOOD AND ...
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SHARK ISLAND, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-28. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES UNLOADING FOOD AND LUGGAGE ON THE UPPER DECK OF THE DAIKAI MARU NO.1, A 7,000 TON TROOPSHIP. THE SHIP HAS A SPEED OF ONLY...126058
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SHARK ISLAND, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-28. THE DAIKAI MARU NO.1, REGISTERED AT OSAKA JAPAN, AWAITING ...
Photograph
Maker: McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
SHARK ISLAND, SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-02-28. THE DAIKAI MARU NO.1, REGISTERED AT OSAKA JAPAN, AWAITING THE EMBARKATION OF 2,800 JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNEES BEING REPATRIATED TO JAPAN. NOTE THE U...126056
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Shokao Province, China. 1942. Portrait of Major-General Goro Mano, commander of 21MB North China ...
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Shokao Province, China. 1942. Portrait of Major-General Goro Mano, commander of 21MB North China and later Lieutenant-General commanding 41 Division, Imperial Japanese Army based at Utunomiya, near To...P01881.001
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Shooting wounded Japanese, Timbered Knoll
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Australians of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force shooting wounded Japanese at Timbered Knoll, New Guinea.ART33838
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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 1 Mk III* (SMLE) Rifle
Technology
Maker: Small Arms Factory, Lithgow
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield No 1 Mk III* bolt action rifle, complete with sling, oil bottle, pullthrough and piece of cleaning gauze. The magazine platform and platform spring are missing. The receiver...REL35451
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Signature seal : Colonel Suga, Japanese Imperial Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Colonel Suga's personal glass signature seal, contained in a brown tortoiseshell box with a sliding lid. The seal is contained in two thirds of the length of the box and is buffered from the red seali...RELAWM31811
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Signed good luck flag carried by Japanese soldier Makoto Sugahara : Tarakan area, Borneo 1945
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese flag that has been signed with permanent black marker. The flag is made from rayon with the rising sun screen printed onto the fabric. Messages have been written in permanent black marker dow...REL39084
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Simmons, Lyndsay Ross Brown
Private Record
Maker: Gibbons, Archibald
Collection related to the Second World War service of VX134363 Sergeant (Sgt) Lyndsay Ross Brown Simmons who served with 2/32 Australian Infantry Battalion. Comprises a handwritten order entitled 'Ins...PR04876
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Simpson Bay, Rabaul, New Britain. 6 September 1945. The Japanese surrender party including ...
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Simpson Bay, Rabaul, New Britain. 6 September 1945. The Japanese surrender party including General H. Imamura, Commander Eight Army Area, Admiral J. Kusaka, Commander South East Area Fleet stand on th...P02592.001
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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-18. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR, SUPERVISED BY ALLIED TROOPS, FILLING IN AIR ...
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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-18. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR, SUPERVISED BY ALLIED TROOPS, FILLING IN AIR RAID TRENCHES IN ONE OF THE CITY STREETS.116477
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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-18. JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES, SUPERVISED BY ALLIED TROOPS, ARE BEING USED TO ...
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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-18. JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES, SUPERVISED BY ALLIED TROOPS, ARE BEING USED TO CLEAR AWAY BOMB DAMAGE AND FILL IN AIR RAID TRENCHES. SHOWN, THE JAPANESE PRISONERS GOING TO THEIR WORK ...116480
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SINGAPORE. PRIVATE REG SPARKS OF ASCOT VALE, VIC, AFTER BEING A POW FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN ...
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SINGAPORE. PRIVATE REG SPARKS OF ASCOT VALE, VIC, AFTER BEING A POW FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP PERSUADES A JAPANESE NCO TO HAND OVER HIS SWORD. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305363
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. 8th Australian Division Ex-Prisoners of War of the ...
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. 8th Australian Division Ex-Prisoners of War of the Japanese watch with interest as personnel of the Madras Regiment, 5th Indian Division march an Imperial...116996
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. Troops of the Madras Regiment, 5th Indian Division ...
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. Troops of the Madras Regiment, 5th Indian Division supervising Japanese Prisoners of War as they remove a (captured likely in 1942 during the Fall of Sing...116994
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. Troops of the Madras Regiment, 5th Indian Division ...
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. 1945-09-05. Troops of the Madras Regiment, 5th Indian Division supervising Japanese Prisoners of War as they remove a (captured likely in 1942 during the Fall of Sing...116992
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Singapore. 1945-09-09. The Changi aerodrome as seen from an approaching aircraft. This ...
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Singapore. 1945-09-09. The Changi aerodrome as seen from an approaching aircraft. This airfield was planned to help counter increasing numbers of Allied aircraft appearing over Singapore and antici...116979
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Small aluminium tube with glass vial : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Small aluminium tube with screw closure and Japanese characters engraved on the cap, translating as 'tincture of Iodine'. The tube contains a dark brown glass vial marked with a star, Japanese charact...REL35296
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Small metal bottle of gas mask lens anti-freeze : Imperial Japanese Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small green painted metal container with pressed edges and a shaped neck, sealed with a rubber stopper which is fitted with an integral cotton pad applicator. A length of wire, also painted green, is ...REL34277
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Small metal box : Major I A Wilson, 10 Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small metal box with hinged opening. The lid has a line pattern on its top and the box has a plain finish on the inside. The contents on the include: a Japanese senior private's collar title, three pa...REL35291
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDER, TIMFORCE AND HIS OFFICERS HAVING A ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDER, TIMFORCE AND HIS OFFICERS HAVING A PICNIC LUNCH ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT SOE TO INTERROGATE AND ARRANGE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS.116002
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. LOCAL INHABITANTS WELCOMING MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. LOCAL INHABITANTS WELCOMING MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE AREA TO INTERROGATE AND ARRANGE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS.116001
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. LOCAL INHABITANTS WELCOMING MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. LOCAL INHABITANTS WELCOMING MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE AREA TO INTERROGATE AND ARRANGE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS.116000
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. NATIVE CHILDREN CHATTING WITH MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE WHO ARE VISITING THE ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. NATIVE CHILDREN CHATTING WITH MEMBERS OF TIMFORCE WHO ARE VISITING THE AREA TO INTERROGATE AND ARRANGE THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE TROOPS.115998
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (2) AND BRIGADIER L. ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (2) AND BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDER TIMFORCE (1) INTERROGATING FIRST LIEUTENANT SATO, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMAND...116004
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (3) AND BRIGADIER L. ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (3) AND BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE, COMMANDER TIMFORCE (2) INTERROGATING FIRST LIEUTENANT SATO, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMAND...116003
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (2) INTERROGATING ...
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SOE, TIMOR. 1945-09-17. PILOT OFFICER E. M. WEATHERSTONE, INTERPRETER, RAAF (2) INTERROGATING FIRST LIEUTENANT SATO, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA (1). BRIGADIER L. G....116005
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. A CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS AT THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS, DOOME ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. A CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS AT THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS, DOOME ISLAND, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING. THIS WAS TO ASCERTAIN THE STRENGTH OF THE JAPANESE ARMY, AND ...133773
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER ON DOOME ISLAND, PART OF THE RADIO STATION ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER ON DOOME ISLAND, PART OF THE RADIO STATION USED BY THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THIS AREA TO COMMUNICATE WITH LOCAL ARMY HEADQUARTERS AND JAPANESE IMPE...133782
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. A JAPANESE OFFICER OPERATING A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER ON DOOME ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. A JAPANESE OFFICER OPERATING A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER ON DOOME ISLAND AFTER THE SURRENDER. (DONOR: LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. W. LONDON.)133786
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE JAPANESE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS, DOOME ISLAND, SOON AFTER THE ALLIED LANDING. (DONOR: LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. W. LONDON.)133774
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS PREPARED BY THE JAPANESE FOR USE BY ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. HEADQUARTERS BUILDINGS PREPARED BY THE JAPANESE FOR USE BY THE VOGELKOP FORCE. THESE SERVED AS AN INTERROGATION AND INVESTIGATION CENTRE FROM WHICH PARTIES AND PAT...133776
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE TROOPS USING THEIR OWN BARGES AND SMALL CRAFT, ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE TROOPS USING THEIR OWN BARGES AND SMALL CRAFT, DUMPING SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VOGELKOP FORCE. BY ORDER OF T...133775
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE TRUCK REPAIR WORKSHOP. NAVAL RATINGS IN THE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE TRUCK REPAIR WORKSHOP. NAVAL RATINGS IN THE FOREGROUND ARE FROM HMAS LACHLAN. (DONOR: LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. W. LONDON.)133785
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. THE GREATER PART OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS DUMPING AREA WERE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. THE GREATER PART OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS DUMPING AREA WERE CAPTURED BRITISH AND CIVILIAN TRUCKS WHICH HAD BEEN CANNIBALISED TO MAINTAIN SERVICEABILITY. JAPANESE MA...133783
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL IKEDA DISEMBARKING FROM HMAS LACHLAN. AT THE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL IKEDA DISEMBARKING FROM HMAS LACHLAN. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING WITH MEMBERS FROM VOGELKOP FORCE, HAVING RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE T...133780
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL IKEDA, JAPANESE CORPS COMMANDER, AND THE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. LIEUTENANT GENERAL IKEDA, JAPANESE CORPS COMMANDER, AND THE SENIOR NAVAL COMMANDER (NAME UNKNOWN, BUT NICKNAME FOR HIM IS WHISKERS BLAKE), IN THE JAPANESE BARGE COMING ...133779
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. THE ARRIVAL OF VOGELKOP FORCE AT DOOME ISLAND AFTER THE JAPANESE ...
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SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. THE ARRIVAL OF VOGELKOP FORCE AT DOOME ISLAND AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER. SHOWN: LIEUTENANT GENERAL IKEDA, JAPANESE COMMANDER, (THIRD FROM THE LEFT PARTIALLY OBSCURED...133778
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SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. ARTILLERY OF JAPANESE 17TH ARMY GROUP ASSEMBLED AFTER ...
Photograph
SOUTHERN BOUGAINVILLE, NEW GUINEA. 1945. ARTILLERY OF JAPANESE 17TH ARMY GROUP ASSEMBLED AFTER THE SURRENDER. (PHOTOGRAPH REPRODUCED IN OFFICIAL HISTORY VOLUME: THE FINAL CAMPAIGNS, PAGE 236). (RNZAF ...128272
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'Southern Cross' by Yoshihari, Tsutomu, Chief of Staff, 18th Army, Imperial Japanese Army
Manuscript
Maker: Yoshihari, Tsutomu
Collection consists of a typed translation by Miss Doris Heath of manuscript titled "Southern Cross", an account of the Eastern New Guinea campaign. Covers operations at Buna, Guadalcanal, Wau, Wewak,...MSS0725
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Storage case for Japanese Type 94 anti-aircraft binoculars : Major A C Smith, 1 Parachute Battalion
Technology
Maker: Tokyo Optical Machinery Company
Khaki aluminium storage case with a hinged lid, fitted with a pair of webbing carrying straps. Each face of the case is reinforced with stamped ribbing. An enamel plate on the exterior reads 'Made by ...REL35079.002
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Study for Japanese prisoner, Bougainville
Art
Maker: Herman, Sali
Depicts a sketch of an unidentified Japanese soldier sitting on the ground. The artist's humanity is well evident in Japanese prisoner, bougainville, a quick drawing made early one morning when a youn...ART28561
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Suicide by hanging (Colonel Aikyo)
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Depicts the corpse of Colonel Aikyo, Commander of Japanese Forces in the north, a suspected war criminal, who committed suicide by hanging in camp.ART22999
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Suicide Launch (Shinyo) : 6th Special Attack Squadron, Imperial Japanese Navy
Technology
Japanese suicide launch (Shinyo). Plywood hulled vessel over frames, with a rear open topped compartment for a single pilot. Powered by a Chevrolet straight 6 cylinder engine housed in central compa...RELAWM36881.001
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Surrender on Corvette, Kuching Eastick
Art
Maker: Watson, Douglas
Japanese forces in Borneo are pictured surrendering to the 9th Australian Division. This was one of many such ceremonies across the region in which soldiers, prisoners, civilians, and territories pass...ART25662
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Surrender - Rabaul
Sound
Maker: Australian Army
Recording, made in the Japanese language by the Australian Army and used for broadcasting from Radio Lae, instructing Headquarters Japanese 8th Area Army at Rabaul to contact Headquarters 1st Australi...S00170
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Surrender table : Ford Company of Malaya Ltd, Singapore
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six legged wooden table, made from teak. The table top is 32 mm thick, made from 20 abutted planks of wood, constructed in two layers, screwed together and supported by a box frame reinforced with a ...RELAWM32783
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-03-28. PEOPLE INSPECTING A 25MM JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IN THE DISPLAY OF ...
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-03-28. PEOPLE INSPECTING A 25MM JAPANESE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN IN THE DISPLAY OF JAPANESE EQUIPMENT. THE EXHIBITION IS IN AID OF THE SECURITY LOAN, AT THE SYDNEY TOWN HALL.126551
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Takei 1945
Art
Maker: Thompson, Robert
Japanese soldier prisoner of war identified as 'Takei'. The work includes an inscription in Japanese characters, suggesting the subject himself did the writing.ART28709
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Taking a foxhole, Sanananda, New Guinea
Art
Maker: Hodgkinson, Roy
Sanananda; three unidentified Australian soldiers attacking Japanese positions; wearing American style gaiters; Japanese defensive positions in backgroundART21352
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Taking Old Vickers Position, Bobdubi Ridge, 28 July 1943
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Depicts members of the 58/59 Australian Infantry Battalion taking an old Vickers position at Bobdubi Ridge, Wau Salamaua, New Guinea, on 28 July 1943.ART27543
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Tank crewman's helmet : Imperial Japanese Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Japanese tank crewman's lighweight tropical protective helmet. The helmet shell is made of compressed fibre, and has a fitted cotton canvas cover which has been painted olive green. A five pointed yel...REL36845
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-07. EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING USED AS JAPANESE BARRACKS IN THE ...
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TARAKAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-05-07. EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING USED AS JAPANESE BARRACKS IN THE TOWN OF TARAKAN. (UNITED STATES SIGNAL CORPS C-45-17685). (DONOR: LIEUTENANT GENERAL F. H. BERRYMAN).128728
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. JAPANESE FORCES LANDING ON A BEACH.
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TARAKAN ISLAND. 1945-08-05. JAPANESE FORCES LANDING ON A BEACH.113431
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BEIAUN AND TABUNAWATI, OPENING ...
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BEIAUN AND TABUNAWATI, OPENING BATSMEN FROM THE GILBERT ISLAND CRICKET TEAM, MOVING TO THE WICKETS. THE MEN ARE TAKING PART IN A MATCH AGAIN...097588
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAM FROM ...
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN THE TEAM FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA AND THE TEAM FROM GILBERT ISLAND. HMAS DIAMANTINA IS VISITING THE ISLAND EN ROUTE TO OCE...097589
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. LEADING SEAMAN (A) G. CROWE, OF HMAS ...
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TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. LEADING SEAMAN (A) G. CROWE, OF HMAS DIAMANTINA CRICKET TEAM PUTTING ON THE PADS BEFORE GOING OUT TO BAT. HE IS WATCHED BY AN ADMIRING GROUP...097587
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Tavoy school
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
An imposing concrete building, formerly the main school of the area which was taken over by the Japanese Army and used as the main prisoner of war camp in the area, to house Australian and Allied pris...ART28535.014
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TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO. 1945-10. A GROUP OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Photograph
Maker: Westbrook, B L
TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO. 1945-10. A GROUP OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305134
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TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO. 1945-10. AUSTRALIAN AND NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY TROOPS WATCH ...
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Maker: Westbrook, B L
TAWAO, NORTH EAST BORNEO. 1945-10. AUSTRALIAN AND NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY TROOPS WATCH JAPANESE SOLDIERS MARCH BY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305134/01
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Telescopic Sight for Type 97 Tank Machine Gun in Wooden Box
Technology
Japanese telescopic sight for Type 97 7.7mm tank MG and wooden box. This weapon was standard light armament on Japanese tanks. The sight is a fixed focus telescope with 1.5 x magnification and a field...RELAWM28273
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TERNATE ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS. 1945-11-09. JAPANESE COMMANDERS PREPARE TO SURRENDER THEIR ...
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TERNATE ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS. 1945-11-09. JAPANESE COMMANDERS PREPARE TO SURRENDER THEIR SWORDS AS PART OF THE CEREMONY MARKING THEIR FORMAL SURRENDER. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).305662
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Thailand. 1945. A group of Imperial Japanese Army Non Commissioned officers (NCOs) including ...
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Thailand. 1945. A group of Imperial Japanese Army Non Commissioned officers (NCOs) including Sergeant Takeda and `The Rocking Horse'. All of these Japanese soldiers guarded Allied prisoners of war (PO...P01433.036
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Thailand. 1945. Captain Noguchi, Imperial Japanese Army, the camp commandant at Kanchanaburi ...
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Thailand. 1945. Captain Noguchi, Imperial Japanese Army, the camp commandant at Kanchanaburi (Kanburi) Officers' camp, was an unrelenting sadist, who did his utmost to humiliate the personnel in this ...P01433.031
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Thailand. 1945. Corporal Okada, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) ...
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Thailand. 1945. Corporal Okada, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway as `Dr Death'. He was sentenced to death and executed for brutal t...P01433.033
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Thailand. 1945. Dr Murouka and Sergeant Fukuda of the Japanese Imperial Army medical corps who ...
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Thailand. 1945. Dr Murouka and Sergeant Fukuda of the Japanese Imperial Army medical corps who both served on the Burma-Thailand railway. (Donor B. Theobald)P01433.035
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Thailand. 1945. Lieutenant Usuki, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POW) ...
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Thailand. 1945. Lieutenant Usuki, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POW) working on the Burma-Thailand railway as the `Konyu Kid'. He was sentenced to death and executed for br...P01433.034
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Thailand. 1945. The Korean Guard, `The Mad Mongrel', a member of the Japanese Imperial Army and a ...
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Thailand. 1945. The Korean Guard, `The Mad Mongrel', a member of the Japanese Imperial Army and a guard much hated by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway. He was sente...P01433.032
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The ambush at the bridge over the Gemencheh River, beyond Gemas, 14th January 1942
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
An ambush at the bridge over the Gemencheh River, beyond Gemas, in Malaya on 14 January 1942. In this ambush, which lasted 36 hours, over 1000 Japanese were killed and less than 50 Australians were k...ART24500
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The Australian guard, awaiting the arrival of Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, General Officer ...
Photograph
Maker: Halliday, Harold Arnold
The Australian guard, awaiting the arrival of Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, General Officer Commanding XVIII Japanese Army, for the surrender ceremony.042742
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The enemy listens. Your words are his weapons.
Art
Maker: Biz
Poster urging people not to provide the enemy with vital information through careless talk. The concept of espionage and information falling into the wrong hands was a common feature of posters from t...ARTV00045
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The face of Japan No. 9 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26801
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The face of Japan No. 8 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26800
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The face of Japan No. 1 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Depicts an unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield near Kupang, Timor. This drawing series by Thake depicts Japanese military and naval POWs who were employ...ART26793
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The face of Japan No. 6 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26798
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The face of Japan No. 7 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26799
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The face of Japan No. 11 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26803
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The face of Japan No. 2 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26794
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The face of Japan No. 4 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This is part of a series of portraits depicting Japanese military and naval POWs who were employed reconditioning t...ART26796
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The face of Japan No. 3 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26795
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The face of Japan No. 5 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26797
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The face of Japan No. 10 (Japanese POW)
Art
Maker: Thake, Eric
Unidentified Japanese prisoner of war working on reconstruction of Penfoei Airfield. This drawing series depict Japanese military and naval P.O.W.s who were employed reconditioning the roads and airst...ART26802
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The Japanese guard takes a ride
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Japanese guard riding on improvised trailer pulled by prisoners bringing rations into camp. These trailers were constructed by the prisoners and had to be hauled using man power.ART25059
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"the Magic Documents" (US Department of the Army Intelligence (Branch))
Official Record
SUMMARIES OF SELECTED TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERCEPTS OF TOP SECRET JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC MESSAGES TAKEN FROM US ARMY INTELLIGENCE BRANCH FILESORMF0001
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The march from Ban Pong
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of march through jungle from work on railway. Soon after the march began the monsoons started. The prisoners trudged hundreds of miles through the rain soaked jungle and ankle deep mud,...ART25077
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The new disorder
Art
Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts General Tojo of the Imperial Japanese Army looking on while Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill engage in a brawl. In ...ART95086
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The New Guinea Martyrs
Manuscript
Maker: Horne, John R
Typed manuscript titled 'Some thoughts on the New Guinea Martyrs" written in 1974 by John R. Horne and a page of additional information titled 'The "New Guinea Martyrs" Revisited' submitted by John R....MSS0812
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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-19. JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND SURRENDERED ON 1945-09-13 AND AN ...
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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 INTERNMENT P...P00001.236
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Three Barrel Type 90 Signal Pistol
Technology
Maker: Kokura Arsenal
Triple Barrel Type 90 Flare Pistol. Frame stamped with a Kokura Arsenal mark and P A T No. 93006. The left side barrel is painted with a yellow/red stripe, the top barrel with a white stripe and the ...RELAWM29384.001
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Three Japanese prisoners being brought into battalion headquarters, Babiang
Art
Maker: Hele, Ivor
Hele depicts three Japanese prisoners being brought into the battalion headquarters of the 2/10th Australian Cavalry Commando Squadron at Babiang, New Guinea.ART26761
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Time mine
Art
Maker: Mahony, Will
Designed to be published in a daily newspaper, this drawing depicts a sea mine representing Japan, floating in the Pacific Ocean. Rays are visible behind the mine, so that the image is similar to the ...ART95084
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH ...
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA SEATED AT THE SURRENDER TABLE AT HQ 2 CORPS IN READINESS FOR THE...115477
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH ...
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER DURING A FORMAL SURRENDER CEREMONY AT HQ 2 CORPS. THE SURRE...115481
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER ...
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, CO...115511
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER ...
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, CO...115501
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER ...
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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT-GEN M. KANDA, CO...115531