TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-27. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN DIXIE ROBISON ...

Place Oceania: Pacific Islands, Solomon Islands, Bougainville
Accession Number OG3462
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-27. 80 GROUP CAPTAIN DIXIE ROBISON CHAPMAN OF ADELAIDE, SA, WHO REPRESENTED THE RAAF AT THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL KANDA, COMMANDING THE JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE, TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL S. G. SAVIGE. A PERMANENT AIR FORCE OFFICER WHO SERVED IN SYRIA AND THE DESERT CAMPAIGNS, AT ONE TIME HE COMMANDED THE RAAF STATION AT GERALDTON, WA. HE IS SEEN LEAVING THE "WAR ROOM" OF 2 CORPS WHERE THE SURRENDER TOOK PLACE.