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Accession Number | 117590 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
BEAUFORT, BORNEO. 1945-09-17. MAJOR GENERAL AKASHI, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, COMMANDING JAPANESE ...
Description
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.