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TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU, MEMBER OF A SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY MAJOR J.R. BURRELL, BRIGADE MAJOR 29 INFANTRY BRIGADE, LEAVING HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION BY JEEP ON THE RETURN TRIP TO MIVO FORD CARRYING OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FOR LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA.
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. MAJOR OTSU (1), MEMBER OF A SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION, WITH AN ENVELOPE CO
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
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-18. MAJOR OTSU (1) AND SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA (2), THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENVOY PARTY, WAITING IN THE ANTE-ROOM AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION. THE JAPANESE PARTY WAS MET A
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER, B. SHEM, GIVING MAJOR OTSU A LIGHT IN THE ANTE-ROOM AT HEADQUARTERS 3 DIVISION AFTER INTERROGATION. MAJOR OTSU IS THE SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENAN
TOKO, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-18. SUPERIOR PRIVATE TAKESHITA, FLAG BEARER ACCOMPANYING MAJOR OTSU, SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, SMILING HA
