Japanese_surrender_(AWM_019296).jpg

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AWM Caption: Papua New Guinea: New Guinea, Cape Wom. Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi , Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered to hand in his sword by the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division, Major General H. C. H. Robertson , at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, and does so. NX9159 Major Douglas S Burrows OBE, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) 6th Division, stands at attention at rear.

Date

13 September 1945

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019296

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Hatazō Adachi

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13 September 1945