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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.GARRETT (BRIGADIER GENERAL STAFF II CORPS) AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. THE OFFICER BEHIND THE BRIGADIER'S LEFT SHOULDER IS AIR COMMODORE G.N. ROBERTS (COMMANDER RNZAF AIR TASK FORCE). THE TWO SWORDS HAD BEEN HANDED OVER BY THE JAPANESE OFFICERS WHO SIGNED THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER XVII JAPANESE ARMY, WITH HIS TWO INTERPRETERS, READ DETAILS OF THE ACTION REQUIRED BY HIM A
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 DELEGATION DURING THE SURRENDER CEREMONY AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE BRIGADIER A.R.GARRET
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. 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, AND VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER JAPANESE EIGHTH FLEET, SEATED AT THE SURRENDER TA
