| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.198 |
| Collection number | PR90/086 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 5 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Department of Air Savige, Stanley George |
| Place made | Australia, New Guinea |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Papers relating to Stanley George Savige, 1945
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, II Australian Corps, New Guinea and Australia, c. August - 19 September 1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains surrender instructions in Japanese issued by Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, Officer Commanding Australian Forces at Bougainville, to Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, Officer Commanding Imperial Japanese Forces in the Solomon Islands, an English translation of the document and a related Department of Air press release. The latter briefly details how twelve copies of the surrender instructions were air-dropped at various locations, and includes excerpts from an interview with the pilot selected for the historic flight, 402348 Flight Sergeant Harry [Harold Hastings] Griffiths, who fired the first shot for the Royal Australian Air Force as a member of No. 453 Squadron at the outbreak of the war in Malaya.