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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Surrender on Corvette, Kuching Eastick
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.