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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE STANDING BY WATCHING A JAPANESE BARGE WHICH HAD CONVEYED A MESSENGER FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP FOR SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS. TAKEN FROM BRIDGE OF HMAS LITHGOW.
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE CRUISING BY THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW DURING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMAN
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW WATCHING FROM THE GUN DECK DURING THE INTERROGATION OF A JAPANESE ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, C
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING A FLAG OF TRUCE RETURNING TO THE MAINLAND WITH A MESSAGE FOR LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROU
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A 4-INCH GUN ON THE BOW OF HMAS LITHGOW STANDS SILENT SENTRY AS A JAPANESE BARGE LAYS OFF THE CORVETTE WHILE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY WIRELESS
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE MESSENGER ACCOMPANIED BY A CIVILIAN INTERPRETER WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY, AFTER DELIVERING MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPE
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. THE BRIDGE OF THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW SHOWING PETTY OFFICER L.C. MOORE, COXSWAIN (1), AND LIEUTENANT G.S.H. CHAMPION, CAPTAIN (2), ON THE OCCASION OF THE
