CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. JAPANESE INTERPRETER READING THE SURRENDER TERMS TO ...

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Accession Number 096457
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Weir, Edward James
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. JAPANESE INTERPRETER READING THE SURRENDER TERMS TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, IN A CEREMONY HELD AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP.