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Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, II Australian Corps, New Guinea and Australia, c. August - 19 September 1945.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Collection contains surrender instructions in Japanese issued by Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, Officer Commanding Australian Forces at Bougainville, to Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda, Officer Commanding Imperial Japanese Forces in the Solomon Islands, an English translation of the document and a related Department of Air press release. The latter briefly details how twelve copies of the surrender instructions were air-dropped at various locations, and includes excerpts from an interview with the pilot selected for the historic flight, 402348 Flight Sergeant Harry [Harold Hastings] Griffiths, who fired the first shot for the Royal Australian Air Force as a member of No. 453 Squadron at the outbreak of the war in Malaya.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX13 Lieutenant General Stanley George Savige, II Australian Corps, New Guinea and Australia, c. August - 19 September 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 - Col
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. 402348 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT H. H. GRIFFITHS OF MOSMAN, NSW, MALAYA VETERAN, IN THE COCKPIT OF HIS BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT OF NO. 5 (TACTICAL RECONNA
2nd Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Australian Corps; VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, Commanding II Corps, 2 AIF;, (also in First World War,, and [Dunsterforce], Fo
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, SOLOMON ISLANDS. 1945-08-16. 402348 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) H. H. GRIFFITHS, MOSMAN, NSW (LEFT), TELLS 403124 FLT LT W. N. CLERY, KURRI KURRI, NSW, INTELLIGENCE OFFIC
Collection relating to the Second World War service and post-war career of VX13 Lieutenant General Sir Stanley George Savige, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, ED, II Corps (formerly 17 Infantry Brigade, 3 Division,
Collection relating to the First World War service of Second Lieutenant (later Lieutenant General Sir) Stanley George Savige, 24 Australian Infantry Battalion, 1915-1918. Oversize folio 1 of 1 - cont
