| Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P02257.047 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Griffiths, Allen |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. After the Japanese surrender at the end of the war, ...
Description
Lesson Point, Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. After the Japanese surrender at the end of the war, members of a RAAF Equipment Recovery Party sit and smoke cigarettes with Japanese servicemen in the former wardroom of a unit of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Air Arm which was based at Rapopo Airfield. The men are (left to right): Flying Officer (FO) Gene McCarthy; Commander Hori, the second-in-command of local Japanese forces; unknown; unknown; 82586 FO Allen Robert Griffiths, commander of the Recovery Party. FO McCarthy and Commander Hori smile as the former peruses what may be a surrendered document. The three men (right) are sitting around a well-made oval table on which an inkwell, ashtray and other items rest. An electric light bulb hangs over the table. Mounted on the wall behind the men is a large blackboard on which has been drawn a table filled mainly Japanese characters. FO McCarthy and FO Griffiths are intelligence officers serving with Headquarters, RAAF Northern Command (NORCOM).