KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ABOARD ...

Place Asia: Timor, Koepang
Accession Number OG3484
Collection type Photograph
Object type 3x4", Acetate, Black & white, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 3x4", Acetate, Black & white, Silver Gelatin
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

KOEPANG, TIMOR, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-09-11. JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ABOARD HMAS MORESBY IN KOEPANG HARBOUR. THE OFFICER AT THE TABLE SIGNING THE DOCUMENT IS BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE CBE DSO, COMMANDING 33RD BRIGADE AMF. THE NAVAL OFFICER AT THE TABLE IS COMMANDER G. L. CANT, RAN. A CROWN OF SERVICEMEN WATCH THE HISTORIC EVENT.