AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER ...

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Accession Number 095801
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY TALKING TO GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY, THROUGH AN INTERPRETER, AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS, BY GENERAL IMAMURA AND VICE ADMIRAL J. KUSAKA, COMMANDER SOUTH EAST AREA FLEET, WAS ACCEPTED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL STURDEE.