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MELBOURNE, VIC. 15 AUGUST 1945. MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, LAND HEADQUARTERS, LISTENING TO THE NEWS OF THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN ON A PORTABLE WIRELESS SET IN NO 9 DARKROOM.
BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-08-15. MEMBERS OF 2/9TH INFANTRY BATTALION AT C COMPANY HEADQUARTERS IN THE VILLAGE OF PANGKALAN GROUPED ROUND THE WIRELESS SET LISTENING TO THE LATEST NEWS CONCERNING TH
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943. N283558 SERGEANT R. A. MCDONNELL, DARKROOM OPERATOR, AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, LAND HEADQUARTERS.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-08-12. AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL WAITING BEFORE THE WIRELESS IN THE QUARTERMASTER STORE AT LAND HEADQUARTERS, VICTORIA BARRACKS, FOR THE OFFICIAL NEWS OF THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 10 JULY 1945. MELBOURNE, VIC. 9 AUGUST 1945. CAPTAIN V J T SHARPE, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, FIELD TEAM MILITARY HISTORY SECTION, LAND HEADQUARTERS.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-08-15. MEMBERS OF THE AWAS (AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE), QUARTERMASTER'S STAFF, LAND HEADQUARTERS, CHEERING AS THE NEWS COMES THROUGH OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.
LABUAN ISLAND, BORNEO. 1945-08-14. PRIVATE L. J. HEATHER, LISTENING TO THE WIRELESS SET AT AUSTRALIAN ARMY EDUCATION SERVICE CENTRE, HQ 9TH DIVISION, FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.
