CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW ...

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Accession Number 096458
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. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL H. ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA DISCUSSING THE SURRENDER TERMS WITH THE INTERPRETER. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP.