Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island |
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Accession Number | 116716 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Maker |
Wonnacott, W A H |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
MOROTAI. 1945-09-09. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) FUSATARO TESHIMA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, JAPANESE ...
Description
MOROTAI. 1945-09-09. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) FUSATARO TESHIMA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, JAPANESE SECOND ARMY, SURRENDERED TO GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCE, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT 1 CORPS SPORTS GROUND. LT GEN TESHIMA WAS ACCOMPANIED BY CAPTAIN TOYIMA, WHO SIGNED FOR THE JAPANESE NAVY. SHOWN, A SECTION OF THE LARGE CROWD OF TROOPS WHO WATCHED THE CEREMONY.