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OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. L. A. KELLY, MILITARY GOVERNOR OF NAURU AND OCEAN ISLANDS AND COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN GARRISON AND MAJOR G. D. CLARKSON, LIAISON OFFICER, LEAVING THE JAPANESE MEDICAL CENTRE AFTER INSPECTING IT. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON AND PARTY ARE AT OCEAN ISLAND TO COMPLETE THE SURRENDER AND EVACUATION OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE ON THE ISLAND.
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA WHO WERE FIRST ASHORE, QUESTIONING JAPANESE OFFICERS AT THE BOAT HARBOUR. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON AND PARTY ARE AT
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
TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON (1), LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE (2), AND COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS (3) INSPECTING THE MEMORIAL TO 22 BRITISH SUBJ
TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS SHOWS BRIGADIER J.T. STEVENSON AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE ONE OF THE 8" NAVAL GUNS US
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
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. THE JAPANESE ENVOY GOING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA TO NEGOTIATE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE ISLAND.
