| Place | Asia: Borneo, Balikpapan |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 115074 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Place made | Borneo: Balikpapan |
| Date made | 5 September 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Informal portrait of a conference in progress in G Battle Room at HQ 7th Division. Identified ...
Description
Informal portrait of a conference in progress in G Battle Room at HQ 7th Division. Identified from left to right: Captain (Capt) A A Smith, Allied Translator and Intelligence Section (1); NGX62 Capt Francis Adelbert Jacobsen, General Staff Officer 3 (GSO) (2); VX206 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Edward Russell Wilmoth, GSO 1 (3); QX6343 Lt Col Kelvin Clipsham Carvel Lahey, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, HQ 7th Division (4); VX12705 Major Harold Hubert Rankine, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, HQ, 7th Division (5); NX2654 Maj Ian Bruce Ferguson, 1 Combined Operations Section (6). Due to the contact made by members of 7th Division with the Japanese at their Headquarters on the Semoi River, Rear Admiral Nomeja, Imperial Japanese Navy, sent a party of envoys to Balikpapan for further discussion on surrender arrangements in the area.