BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. MAJOR GENERAL AKASHI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE ...

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Accession Number 117590
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. MAJOR GENERAL AKASHI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE FORCES IN THE TENOM-KENINGAU AREA HANDS OVER HIS SWORD TO BRIGADIER S. H. W. C. PORTER DSO ED, COMMANDING 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER CEREMONY IN THE OFFICER'S CLUB, FORMERLY THE BRITISH RESIDENCY.