Major General H C H Robertson, GOC 6th Division, addressing the parade at the ceremony at which ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number P00554.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Place made New Guinea1: Cape Wom
Date made 13 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Major General H C H Robertson, GOC 6th Division, addressing the parade at the ceremony at which the commander of the 18th Japanese Army in New Guinea, Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, signed the surrender document marking the defeat of the Japanese. (Original is a hand-tinted print, held in the AWM archive store.)