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

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, SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT COLONEL P.L. JOBSON, SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY FORCES (1); MAJOR R.S. BASTIN, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS ADMINISTRATION (2); MAJOR R.F. WAKEFIELD, BRITISH DISTRICT OFFICER FOR OCEAN ISLAND (3); LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.L.A. KELLY, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS AND COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN GARRISON (5); COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS (6); SIR ALBERT ELLIS, REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION (7); COMMANDER P. PHIPPS, REPRESENTATIVE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT (8).