TOROKINA. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Torokina
Accession Number 115583
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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TOROKINA. 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL (LT GEN) S. G. SAVIGE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 2 CORPS, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE FROM LT GEN M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17TH JAPANESE ARMY AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, DURING A FORMAL SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD AT HQ 2 CORPS. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY WAS BROUGHT TO THE AREA BY THE HMAS DIAMANTINA. SHOWN, MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY BEING ESCORTED ALONG THE WHARF AFTER DISEMBARKATION.