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AT SEA OFF RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-06. ABLE SEAMAN HINER OF LONDON STANDING ON THE END OF THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS GLORY, WATCHING THE SLOOP HMS HART CRUISING ASTERN WAITING TO PICK UP THE JAPANESE PARTY FOR RETURN TO RABAUL, AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY WHICH TOOK PLACE ABOARD HMS CLORY. THE SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN AND THE SOLOMONS, BY GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY AND VICE-ADMIRAL J. KUSAKA, COMMANDERS SOUTH EAST AREA FLEET WAS ACCEPTED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL V.A.H. STURDEE, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING FIRST ARMY.
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