AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE STANDING BY WATCHING ...

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Accession Number 095110
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Keam, Ronald Noel
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE STANDING BY WATCHING A JAPANESE BARGE WHICH HAD CONVEYED A MESSENGER FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP FOR SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS. TAKEN FROM BRIDGE OF HMAS LITHGOW.