Surrender on Corvette, Kuching Eastick

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Accession Number ART25662
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 63 x 57.7 x 6.5cm; unframed: 45.5 x 40.6 x 0.5 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil with pen and ink on canvas on board
Maker Watson, Douglas
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Japanese forces in Borneo are pictured surrendering to the 9th Australian Division. This was one of many such ceremonies across the region in which soldiers, prisoners, civilians, and territories passed from Japanese to Allied control. Standing l-r: unidentified United States Navy seaman, SX3295 Brigadier T C Eastick, CMG, DSO, Commanding Force, unidentified Australian soldier, unidentified Japanese soldier, seated: Major General H Yamamura, Commanding of Japanese forces in area signing surrender document on board RAN corvette HMAS Kapunda.