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OCEAN ISLAND, 1945-10-01. LT- CDR NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIG J.R. STEVENSON, COMD 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE RAISING OF THE UNION JACK ON OCEAN ISLAND AS A SYMBOL OF RECONQUEST. SHOWN, BRIG STEVENSON (5) TALKING TO MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY AFTER THE FLAG RAISING. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: MAJ R.S. BASTIN, CHIEF WIRELESS OFFICER, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS (1); MR G. BRIDGES (2); SIR ALBERT ELLIS, REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH PHOSPHATE COMMISSION (3); MR W.V. BOTT (4); LT G.H. LORDING, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (6).
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
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL PARTY PRESENT AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEA
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
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
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. GROUP OF PETTY OFFICERS OF HMAS DIAMANTINA. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA WHEN LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPAN
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
