Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, GOC XVIII Japanese Army, surrendering his sword to Major ...

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Accession Number 042746
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Halliday, Harold Arnold
Place made New Guinea1: Cape Wom
Date made 13 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, GOC XVIII Japanese Army, surrendering his sword to Major General H C H Robertson, GOC 6th Australian Division, before 3,000 troops of the 6th Division during the surrender ceremony at Wom Airstrip near Wewak, New Guinea. To Lietenant General Adachi's left is his interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama.
Photographs by Sgt H Halliday 63 Supply Platoon, presented by Army Newspaper Unit, Department of the Army. 28 October 1970.)