A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, Commander XVIII ...

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Accession Number 096233
Collection type Photograph
Object type 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 3x4", Nitrate, Silver Gelatin
Place made New Guinea1: Cape Wom
Date made 13 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

A GENERAL VIEW OF THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. LT-GEN H. ADACHI, Commander XVIII Japanese Army in New Guinea, FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJ-GEN H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GOC 6 DIVISION, IN A CEREMONY HELD AT THE AIRSTRIP. Adachi's interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama to his left); TROOPS OF 6 DIVISION ARE IN THE BACKGROUND.