MOROTAI. 1945-09-09. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) FUSATARO TESHIMA, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, JAPANESE ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number 116722
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Wonnacott, W A H
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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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, GEN BLAMEY SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WATCHED BY LT GEN F. H. BERRYMAN, CHIEF OF STAFF, ADVANCED LAND HEADQUARTERS.