Group portrait of officers from HMAS Diamantina following the surrender ceremony held aboard the ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Ocean Island
Accession Number 097610
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Pacific Islands: Ocean Island
Date made 1 October 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of officers from HMAS Diamantina following the surrender ceremony held aboard the ship when Lieutenant Commander Naoomi Suzuki, Commander of Japanese Forces on Ocean Island surrendered to Brigadier J R Stephenson, Commanding 11th Brigade. Identified left to right, back row: Lieutenant (Lt) Church; Lt Reid; Sub Lieutenant Parkin; Surgeon Lieutenant Finlay-Jones; Lt McKendrick. Front row: First Lt Younger; Lieutenant Commander Maurice George Rose, captain; Lt Cdr Bull, engineer.