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MIVO RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-18. FIRST CONTACT BETWEEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BOUGAINVILLE. MAJOR OTSU AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA WHO IS CARRYING THE WHITE FLAG AND THE JAPANESE FLAG FACE AN AMERICAN INTERPRETER ON THE BANK OF THE MIVO RIVER.
MIVO RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. FIRST CONTACT BETWEEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BOUGAINVILLE. MAJOR OTSU (1) AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA (2), WHO IS CARRYING
MIVO RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-18. FIRST CONTACT BETWEEN THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BOUGAINVILLE. MAJOR OTSU (1) AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA (2), WHO IS CARRYING
MIVO RIVER AREA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-18. FIRST CONTACT BETWEEN JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BOUGAINVILLE. THE AUSTRALIAN RECEPTION PARTY DEPARTING FROM THE BANK OF THE MIVO RIVE
MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU, AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA, FLAG BEARER, MEMBERS OF A SURRENDER ENVOY RETURN TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY G
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-18. FIRST CONTACT BETWEEN JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ON BOUGAINVILLE. SHOWN THE JAPANESE PARTY WAITING IN THE ANTE ROOM AT HQ 3 DIVISION. IDENTIFIED PER
Bougainville. August 1945. In order to ascertain Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) S. G. Savige's terms of surrender, a Japanese envoy, Major Otsu, accompanied by Private (Pte) Takeshita, representing Lt Ge
