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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-07. OFFICERS OF ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION LANGUAGE DETACHMENT, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, ATTACHED 2 CORPS. LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS (3), ACTED AS OFFICIAL INTERPRETER AT THE SURRENDER CEREMONY. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- LIEUTENANT T.H. LIPSCOMBE (1); LIEUTENANT J.M. WILSON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, OFFICER- IN- CHARGE (2).
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. A GROUP OF ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, ATTACHED 2 CORPS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- STAFF SERGEANT K. YOSHIMURA, U
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. DURING PRELIMINARY SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS ON BOARD THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW, LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION (3), IS SHOW
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE MESSENGER, ACCOMPANIED BY A CIVILIAN JAPANESE INTERPRETER, READING A MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARM
MOILA POINT, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-09-28. LIEUTENANT T.H. LIPSCOMBE, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SERVICE, INTERROGATING JAPANESE ON A BARGE CARRYING THE LAST BATCH OF TROOPS FROM TONOLEI HARBOUR TO
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-11-25. PERSONNEL OF THE LANGUAGE DETACHMENT, GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA, FORMALLY THE ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AT THEIR NEW QUA
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, CARRYING OUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH A JAPANESE MESSENGER AFTER A REPLY TO A WIRELESS SIGNAL H
