| Place | Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island |
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| Accession Number | S00137 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Object type | Speech |
| Physical description | Disc 78rpm - Shellac |
| Maker |
Blamey, Thomas Albert Layton, Ivan Edward Australian Broadcasting Commission |
| Date made | 19 June 1946 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Surrender Ceremony of the Japanese 2nd Army at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 9 September 1945. A description of ceremony is followed by General Sir Thomas Blamey's speech.
Description
A description of the Morotai surrender ceremony by Captain Ivan Edward Layton, Staff Captain to General Sir Thomas Blamey. The description of the ceremony is followed by the Commander in Chief, Australian Military Forces, General Sir Thomas Blamey's speech which was addressed to Lieutenant General Fusataro Teshima at the ceremony.
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Surrender Ceremony of the Japanese 2nd Army at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 9 September 1945. A description of ceremony is followed by General Sir Thomas Blamey's speech.
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Surrender Ceremony of the Japanese 2nd Army at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 9 September 1945. A description of ceremony is followed by General Sir Thomas Blamey's speech.
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Surrender Ceremony of the Japanese 2nd Army at Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies, 9 September 1945. A description of ceremony is followed by General Sir Thomas Blamey's speech.