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On 13 September 1945, Captain Soeda, Japanese Commander on Nauru and Ocean Islands, surrendered to 2950028 (NX49) Brigadier John Rowlstone Stevenson DSO on board HMAS Diamantina. Immediately following the surrender, troops of 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion occupied Nauru Island, ending three years of Japanese control.
At 0900 hours 1 October 1945, Lieutenant Commander Nahoomi Suzuki and party boarded HMAS Diamantina lying off shore, to surrender the Ocean Island to 2950028 (NX49) Brigadier John Rowlstone Stevenson
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-31. CAPTAIN HISAYUKI SOEDA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON NAURU ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN
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
On 8th September 1945 on board HMAS Burdekin, Vice Admiral Kamada signed the document of surrender which surrendered all Japanese troops in Borneo to Major General E J Milford, GOC 7th Australian Div
