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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI, COMMANDER 18 JAPANESE ARMY IN NEW GUINEA, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER. HE ACCEPTED THE TERMS UNCONDITIONALLY. Lieutenant General Adachi's interpreter Captain Fred Kazuo Iwama is to his left. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI FORMALLY SURRENDERED TO MAJOR-GENERAL H.C.H. ROBERTSON, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 6 DIVISION, IN A CEREMONY HELD AT CAPE WOM AIRSTRIP. NX9159 MAJOR D.S.I. BURROWS, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, 6 DIVISION, IS THE AUSTRALIAN CLOSEST TO THE TABLE.
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Colour: Black & white
Date Made
13 September 1945
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Copyright expired - public domain
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