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PAPAR, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-15. COLONEL S. IEMURA (1), SENIOR OFFICER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA AND LEADER OF THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY, CLIMBS THE RIVER BANK ON THE WAY TO SURRENDER HIS FORCES TO VX133 BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DSO, ED, OFFICER COMMANDING 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE REMAINS OF THE PAPAR RAILWAY BRIDGE ARE SEEN AT THE BACKGROUND.
PAPAR, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-15. A GUARD DRAWN FROM THE 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MARCHING FROM THE PARADE GROUND TO THE HUT WHERE VX133 BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DSO, ED, OFFICER COMMANDING 24TH INFANTR
PAPAR, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-15. THE GUARD AND BAND OF THE 2/32ND INFANTRY BATTALION UNDER THE COMMAND OF WX529 MAJOR G. E. DIXON, FORMED ON THE PARADE GROUND WHILE VX133 BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DS
PAPAR, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-15. COLONEL S. IEMURA, SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICER IN THE AREA (3), STANDS TO ATTENTION AS VX133 BRIGADIER S.H.W.C. PORTER, DSO, ED (1), OFFICER COMMANDING 24TH INFANTRY BRIGA
Colonel S Iemura (back of vehicle), senior officer of the Japanese forcesin the area and the leader of the Japanese surrender party under the escort of the 24th Infantry Brigade. He is about to travel
PAPAR, BORNEO 1945-09-15. JAPANESE OFFICERS AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY PRESIDED OVER BY VX133 BRIGADIER S. H. W. C. PORTER DSO ED, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE 24TH BRIGADE. (UNIT PHOTOGRAPHER 24TH BRIGAD
PAPAR, NORTH BORNEO. 1945-09-15. THE JAPANESE SURRENDER PARTY LED BY COLONEL S. IEMURA (1), CROSSING THE PAPAR RIVER IN A FERRY. THE PARTY IS UNDER AN ESCORT PROVIDED BY PERSONNEL OF THE 24TH INFANTRY
