The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Informal portrait of a conference in progress in G Battle Room at HQ 7th Division. Identified from left to right: Captain (Capt) A A Smith, Allied Translator and Intelligence Section (1); NGX62 Capt Francis Adelbert Jacobsen, General Staff Officer 3 (GSO) (2); VX206 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Edward Russell Wilmoth, GSO 1 (3); QX6343 Lt Col Kelvin Clipsham Carvel Lahey, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, HQ 7th Division (4); VX12705 Major Harold Hubert Rankine, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, HQ, 7th Division (5); NX2654 Maj Ian Bruce Ferguson, 1 Combined Operations Section (6). Due to the contact made by members of 7th Division with the Japanese at their Headquarters on the Semoi River, Rear Admiral Nomeja, Imperial Japanese Navy, sent a party of envoys to Balikpapan for further discussion on surrender arrangements in the area.
Informal portrait of VX206 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Edward Russell Wilmoth MC, General Staff Officer 1, HQ 7th Division, and members of 7th Division standing to attention as members of the Japanese
Informal portrait of VX206 Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Edward Russell Wilmoth MC, General Staff Officer, HQ 7 Division addressing questions to members of the Japanese surrender party during the confer
A party of Japanese, Major Hirmatu (Army), Morita (Interpreter) and Captain Gato (Navy), attended HQ 7th Australian Division, for a conference on carrying out of surrender arrangements. Australian off
Senior officers at the dedication of the Dumpu War Cemetery. The four officials from left to right are: NX231 Brigadier Frederick Oliver Chilton, 18th Infantry Brigade, VX9 Major General George Ala
AT SEA, OFF BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-08. MAJOR GENERAL E. J. MILFORD, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 7TH DIVISION, ACCEPTED SURRENDER FROM VICE ADMIRAL M. KAMADA, COMMANDER 22 NAVAL BASE FORCE, IMPERI
Outdoor group portrait of VX12014 Major General Edward James Milford, General Officer Commanding 7 Division, with officers of his staff in the garden in front of 'A' Mess. Identified from left to righ
