TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Accession Number 115489
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND VICE-ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, DISEMBARKING FROM THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS DIAMANTINA. THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO ATTEND A FORMAL SURRENDER CEREMONY AT HQ 2 CORPS.