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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 AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER HAD BEEN COMPLETED. THE TWO SEATED AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS ARE BRIGADIER A.R. GARRETT (BGS II CORPS) ON THE LEFT AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE (GOC II AUSTRALIAN CORPS); STANDING BEHIND THE BRIGADIER'S RIGHT SHOULDER IS AIR COMMODORE G.N. ROBERTS (COMMANDER RNZAF AIR TASK FORCE). (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)
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. 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. VICE ADMIRAL TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER EIGHTH FLEET, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS AT TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH
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, 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
