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TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. CAPTAIN TAKENAKA (1), ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17 JAPANESE ARMY GROUP, RECEIVING WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELIVERY TO HIS SUPERIORS FROM BRIGADIER S.F. LEGGE, DEPUTY ADJUTANT & QUARTERMASTER GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS (4), DURING PRE- SURRENDER DISCUSSIONS. OTHERS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ARE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H.B. CHALLEN (2), MAJOR M. HARLAND (3), AND LIEUTENANT H.I. JENKINS (5), AN AUSTRALIAN INTERPRETER.
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. CAPTAIN TAKENAKA (1), ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17 JAPANESE ARMY GROUP, WITH HIS CIVILIAN INTERPRETER, MR TAKAHASHI (2), DURING SURRENDER DI
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. CAPTAIN TAKENAKA, ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17 JAPANESE ARMY GROUP, BEING ESCORTED TO A HUT AT HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS FOR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSI
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE SALUTING AFTER RECEIVING MESSAGE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP. THE ENVOY
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER E. HOWITT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, HANDING A MESSAGE TO AN OFFICER ON A JAPANESE BARGE FOR RELAY TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMAND
At a conference held at 2 Australian Corps HQ in Torokina, the Japanese surrender party consisting of Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Kanda (Army) and Vice Admiral Samejima (Navy), signed the Surrender Pa
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-06-08. GENERAL SIR THOMAS A. BLAMEY, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, ALLIED LAND FORCES, SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA (1), TALKING WITH BRIGADIER S.F. LEGGE, DEPUTY ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
