019128 Accession Number: 019128

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With Allied delegations in the background and facing the Japanese officials across the table and General (Gen) Douglas MacArthur at the microphone, Mr Mamoru Shigemitsu of Japan signs the surrender document. The Allied delegations are lined up behind their delegation leader waiting their turn to sign the surrender document. Left to right: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, US; General Hsu Yung-Chang, Nationalist Chinese; Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, UK; Lt Gen K. N. Derevyanko, Soviet Union; Gen Sir Thomas Blamey, Australia; Colonel L. Moore-Cosgrove, Canada; Gen B. J. Le Clerc, France; Admiral Conrad Helfrich, Netherlands; Air Vice Marshal Isitt, New Zealand.

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Accession Number
019128
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
2 September 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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