NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Nauru
Accession Number 116556
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA. SHOWN, PERSONNEL OF THE DIAMANTINA TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS DURING THE CEREMONY.