LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. MINOBE, JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICER (1) HANDING HIS SWORD TO LIEUTENANT ...

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Accession Number 097022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Freeman, William Harry
Place made Pacific Islands: Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Central Bougainville, Numa Numa
Date made 19 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL R. MINOBE, JAPANESE MEDICAL OFFICER (1) HANDING HIS SWORD TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL W.A. RUSSELL, COMMANDING OFFICER 8 FIELD AMBULANCE (2), A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS WHICH HAS ARRIVED AT NUMA NUMA PLANTATION TO DISCUSS MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SURRENDER DETAILS WITH MAJOR GENERAL K. KIJIMA.