KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS ON BOUGAINVILLE ...

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Accession Number 097497
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KAHILI, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. HIGH RANKING JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVAL OFFICERS ON BOUGAINVILLE WERE ESCORTED IN THEIR OWN BARGES FROM KAHILI FOR CONCENTRATION ON SAMANSO ISLAND. SHOWN, JAPANESE OFFICERS BEING ISSUED WITH IDENTITY DISCS PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE. LIEUTENANT COLONEL C.W.M. COURT, 2 CORPS, IN FOREGROUND AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17 JAPANESE ARMY ON EXTREME RIGHT.