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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. SOME MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY ON BOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, PRIOR TO BEING TRANSPORTED TO TOROKINA FOR THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII JAPANESE ARMY, IS TO THE LEFT CENTRE OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, COMING ABOARD HMAS DIAMANTINA OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, TO BE TRANSPORTED TO TOROKINA FOR
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, WITH AUSTRALIAN SERVICE PERSONNEL AND WAR CORRESPONDENTS ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOILA P
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, CONVEYS A MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL TO AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN ON BOARD HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOIL
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. LOOKI
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, MOVE INTO THE BATTLE ROOM
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. THE BARGE AND CREW WHICH CARRIED AN ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, FROM BUIN BAY TO HMAS LITHGOW OFF MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVIL
