USN PTB377 COMING ALONGSIDE HMAS BURDEKIN TO TAKE OFF VICE-ADMIRAL MITCHISHI KAMADA AND PARTY ...

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Accession Number 044974
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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USN PTB377 COMING ALONGSIDE HMAS BURDEKIN TO TAKE OFF VICE-ADMIRAL MITCHISHI KAMADA AND PARTY AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN DUTCH BORNEO. MAJOR-GENERAL E.J. MILFORD, GOC 7TH DIVISION, AIF, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER AT A POSITION SOME 50 MILES NORTH EAST OF BALIKPAPAN ON 8 SEPTEMBER 1945. VICE-ADMIRAL KAMADA CAN BE SEEN READING HIS ORDERS.