OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Ocean Island
Accession Number 097602
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA. SHOWN, LIEUTENANT SUKUMA, SENIOR JAPANESE STAFF OFFICER, SIGNING THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT.