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MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. AFTER JAPANESE ENVOYS HAD OPENED SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS ON 1945-08-18, AN AUSTRALIAN CAMP, UNDER MAJOR K.V.L. KESTEVEN, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND A JAPANESE CAMP, UNDER MAJOR FUJIE, WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE WEST AND EAST BANKS OF THE RIVER RESPECTIVELY TO MAINTAIN CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO ARMIES. SHOWN, MAJOR KESTEVEN WITH SERGEANT J. MATSUSHINO, INTERPRETER, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.
MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. AFTER JAPANESE ENVOYS HAD OPENED SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS ON 1945-08-18, AN AUSTRALIAN CAMP, UNDER MAJOR K.V.L. KESTEVEN, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND A JAPANESE CAMP
MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. AFTER JAPANESE ENVOYS HAD OPENED SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS ON 1945-08-18, AN AUSTRALIAN CAMP, UNDER MAJOR K.V.L. KESTEVEN, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION, AND A JAPANESE CAMP
MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. PRIVATE L.V. HOWARD, 15 INFANTRY BATTALION ERECTING A SIGN AT THE MIVO RIVER FORD. A JAPANESE CAMP WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER UNDER THE COMMAND
MIVO RIVER, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-29. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE JAPANESE CAMP ON THE EAST BANK OF THE RIVER COMMANDED BY MAJOR FUJIE. THE AUSTRALIAN CAMP IN THE FOREGROUND ON THE WEST BANK IS COMMANDED BY
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
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
