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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
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    current16:28, 30 March 2019Thumbnail for version as of 16:28, 30 March 2019640 × 509 (173 KB)KesäperunaCropped 3 % vertically using CropTool with lossless mode.
    10:11, 23 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 10:11, 23 December 2018640 × 524 (171 KB)遼東半島Clearly photo from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P00001.229
    13:14, 12 March 2009Thumbnail for version as of 13:14, 12 March 2009450 × 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 2007Thumbnail for version as of 04:38, 19 March 2007464 × 351 (27 KB)Cla68Japanese 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

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