Lieutenant K. V. Anderson, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, descending the gangway of ...

Accession Number 030265/29
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Balfour, John
Place made Japan: Tokyo Bay
Date made 2 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Lieutenant K. V. Anderson, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve, descending the gangway of USS General S. D. Sturgis to join HMAS Shropshire. He had just been preceded by Rear Admiral G. D. Moore, RAN, and Commodore J. A. Collins, RAN. They had travelled in General S. D. Sturgis to take part in the Japanese Surrender Ceremony.