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THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED DELEGATION DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE BRIGADIER A.R.GARRETT (BGS II CORPS) SEATED AT LEFT AND TO HIS LEFT LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE (GOC II CORPS). STANDING BEHIND THE FRONT ROW ARE AIR COMMODORE G.N. ROBERTS (COMMANDER RNZAF AIR TASK FORCE) ON THE LEFT END AND AT THE OTHER END (ALMOST OBSCURED) LIEUTENANT COLONEL J.P. COURSEY (US MARINES). THE TWO SWORDS ON THE TABLE HAD BEEN HANDED OVER BY THE SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICERS AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, SEATED AT THE SURRENDER TA
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY SAVIGE, (GOC II AUSTRALIAN CORPS), SEATED AT CENTRE OF TABLE CHECKS THE TERMS OF SURRENDER DOCUMENT; OTHE
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED PARTY AWAITING TO CONDUCT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE, SEATED ON L
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. THE ALLIED TEAM OF OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. IDENTIFIE
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE (GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING II AUSTRALIAN CORPS) ADDS HIS SIGNATURE TO THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER, ASSISTED BY BRIGADIER A.R.
