BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-09-10. SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE BALIKPAPAN AREA, AT THE ...

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-09-10. SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE BALIKPAPAN AREA, AT THE 2/1ST PIONEER BATTALION HEADQUARTERS, TEMPADOENG. SURRENDER TERMS BEING LAID DOWN BY BRIGADIER F.G. WOOD, BRIGADE COMMANDER, 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL A.A. BUCKLEY, CO, 2/1 PIONEER BATTALION. PICTURED ARE, STANDING AT REAR: ORDERLY OFFICER, 2/1 PIONEER BN; CORPORAL A.J. KENTWELL, INTERPRETER. SEATED, FACING CAMERA: JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY, LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER; UNKNOWN JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER; REAR ADMIRAL NOMEJA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY; CAPTAIN YENDO, STAFF OFFICER. AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS, LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE: BRIGADIER WOOD; MAJOR LYONS, 25TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE; LT COL BUCKLEY; LT R. WEBER, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 2/1 PIONEER BN (PARTLY OBSCURED). (DONOR: 2/1 - 2/2 PIONEER BATTALIONS ASSOCIATION)

• Surrender of all Japanese forces in the Balikpapan area, at the 2/1 Pioneer Battalion ...