Following his formal surrender to Major General H C H Robertson, General Officer Commanding 6th ...

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Accession Number 096543
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made New Guinea1: Cape Wom
Date made 14 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Following his formal surrender to Major General H C H Robertson, General Officer Commanding 6th Division on 13 September, Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, commander 18 Japanese army, was required to attend a series of conferences with Australian staff officers to discuss arrangements arising from the surrender. After the conference Adachi was flown to Kiarivu, whence he returned to his own headquarters. Major T Fogarty, General Staff Officer II 6th Division, speaking to Lieutenant General Adachi through interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama prior to the general boarding an RAAF Tiger Moth of 12 Local Air Supply unit.