The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. RESIDENT COMMISSIONER, COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS SHOWS BRIGADIER J.T. STEVENSON AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE ONE OF THE 8" NAVAL GUNS USED BY THE JAPANESE AT TARAWA DURING THE AMERICAN LANDING. BRIGADIER STEVENSON AND LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROSE ARE FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA WHICH IS ON ITS WAY TO OCEAN ISLAND TO TAKE THE SURRENDER OF APPROXIMATELY 530 JAPANESE TROOPS.
TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON (1), LIEUTENANT COMMANDER M. ROSE (2), AND COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS (3) INSPECTING THE MEMORIAL TO 22 BRITISH SUBJ
TARAWA ISLAND, GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP. 1945-09-27. COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER OF THE GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLAND GROUP, AND HIS OFFICE STAFF.
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER NAOOMI SUZUKI, COMMANDER JAPANESE FORCES ON OCEAN ISLAND, SURRENDERED TO BRIGADIER J.R. STEVENSON, COMMANDER 11 INFANTRY BRIGADE, IN A SURRENDER CEREMONY
NAURU ISLAND. 1945-09-13. COLONEL V. FOX-STRANGWAYS, RESIDENT COMMISSIONER FOR THE GILBERT AND ELLIS ISLANDS, ABOUT TO BOARD THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY VESSEL HMAS DIAMANTINA TO TAKE PART IN THE CEREMO
OCEAN ISLAND. 1945-09-30. MEMBERS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE PARTY FROM HMAS DIAMANTINA WHO WERE FIRST ASHORE, QUESTIONING JAPANESE OFFICERS AT THE BOAT HARBOUR. BRIGADIER J. R. STEVENSON AND PARTY ARE AT
Cricket match between the team from HMAS Diamantina and the team from Gilbert Island. HMAS Diamantina is visiting the island en route to Ocean Island to take the surrender of approximately 530 Japanes
