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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER AUSTRALIAN 7TH BRIGADE, WITH AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL, ARRIVING AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY LOCATION AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE BRIGADIER. (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, 1945-09-08. 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, 1945-09-08. 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 T
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-08-19. JAPANESE BARGE FROM BUIN BAY, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH ENVOY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, ON BOARD APPROACHES HMAS LITHGOW FOR
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. BRIGADIER J. FIELD, COMMANDER 7TH AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE, AND A NAVAL OFFICER, WATCHED BY ALLIED AND JAPANESE SERVICE PERSONNEL, EXAMINE TWO JAPANESE SWORDS AT TOROKINA, B
