OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, South Bougainville, Kahili
Accession Number 115475
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

OFF KAHILI POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-07. A JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY DELIVERING A MESSAGE FROM HIS COMMANDER, LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (LT-GEN) M. KANDA, COMMANDER, 17TH JAPANESE ARMY, TO COMMANDER A. E. FOWLER, RAN, REPRESENTING LT-GEN S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, ABOARD THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA, DURING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS.