116242 Accession Number: 116242

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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (SEAC), ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE. IN THE ABSENCE OF FIELD MARSHAL COUNT TERAUCHI, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WAS SIGNED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL S. ITAGAKI. SHOWN, THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY LED BY BRIGADIER J. D. ROGERS, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN MISSION, SEAC, MARCHING DOWN THE STEPS OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY.

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116242
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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