AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND ...

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Accession Number 095098
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, CARRYING OUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH A JAPANESE MESSENGER AFTER A REPLY TO A WIRELESS SIGNAL HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE AT TOROKINA. THESE SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS TOOK PLACE ABOARD THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW.