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English: THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, 1945-09-08. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MASATANE KANDA, COMMANDER JAPANESE XVII ARMY, SIGNING THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER AT II AUSTRALIAN CORPS HEADQUARTERS, TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND, WITH BRIGADIER A.R.GARRETT (BGS II CORPS) LOOKING ON. THE OTHER JAPANESE OFFICER IS VICE ADMIRAL BARON TOMOSHIGE SAMEJIMA, COMMANDER EIGHTH FLEET. SEATED AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE IS LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR STANLEY G. SAVIGE (GOC II CORPS) WHILST STANDING BEHIND (PARTLY OBSCURED) IS AIR COMMODORE G.N. ROBERTS (RNZAF AIR TASK FORCE) AND THE OFFICER IN THE AMERICAN UNIFORM IS LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN P.COURSEY (US MARINES; C.O., VMR-152). THE TWO SWORDS WERE HANDED OVER BY THE JAPANESE OFFICERS. (RNZAF OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH.)

Date

Taken on 8 September 1945

Source

This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:

P00001.229

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Author

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Licensing

This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team (Ticket:2017062010010417).

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:28, 30 March 2019	640 × 509 (173 KB)	Kesäperuna	Cropped 3 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
	10:11, 23 December 2018	640 × 524 (171 KB)	遼東半島	Clearly photo from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00001.229
	13:14, 12 March 2009	450 × 359 (63 KB)	Hawkeye7	{{AWM-image\|P00001.229}} Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda (left seated) surrenders Japanese forces on Bougainville to Allied commanders, including Stanley Savige (seated at head of table), on September 8, 1945. ==Licensing== {{PD-Australi
	04:38, 19 March 2007	464 × 351 (27 KB)	Cla68	Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masatane Kanda (left seated) surrenders Japanese forces on Bougainville to Allied commanders, including Stanley Savige (seated at head of table), on September 8, 1945. Source: http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/remember.nsf/pag