MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. JAPANESE INCLUDING GENERAL ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number OG3686
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Harrison, John Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-12-18. JAPANESE INCLUDING GENERAL ISHIRI, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE JAPANESE IN THE HALMAHERAS (CENTRE), SALUTE THE GRAVE OF A RAAF PILOT WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN OPERATIONS IN THE WASIK BAY AREA. THE WOODEN CROSS MARKING THE GRAVE BEARS ONLY JAPANESE CHARACTERS.