Australian and Japanese officers signing surrender documents [SRG 435/5/405-412] • Photograph
Japanese officers arriving at Cape Wom.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi and Japanese officers disembarking from an aircraft at Cape Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, before signing surrender documents.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi at Cape Wom.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi being driven in a car past Australian troops at Cape Wom airstrip, before signing surrender documents.
Australian party waiting to sign surrender documents.
Australian officers, including Major General H.C.H. Robertson and NX9159 Major Douglas S. Burrows, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 6th Division, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese officers to accept the unconditional surrender from the Japanese and sign the surrender documents at Cape Wom, New Guinea. Australian troops stand to attention in the background.
Australian and Japanese parties preparing to sign surrender documents.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi and a translator meeting with Major General H.C.H. Robertson and other Australian officers at Cape Wom, New Guinea, preparing to sign surrender documents.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi and Major General H.C.H. Robertson at Cape Wom.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi with a translator, and Major General H.C.H. Robertson and other Australian officers at Cape Wom, New Guinea, preparing to sign surrender documents.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi preparing to sign surrender documents.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi and his translator reading the surrender documents before signing, while Major General H.C.H. Robertson and other Australian officers stand near by.
Major General H.C.H. Robertson signing surrender documents.
Major General H.C.H. Robertson signing surrender documents at Cape Wom, New Guinea, after the Japanese Commander, Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi had signed. Australian troops stand to attention in the background.
Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi surrendrs his sword.
After signing unconditional surrender, Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army, surrenders his sword to Major General H.C.H. Robertson, Commanding Officer of the Australian 6th Division, at Wom Airstrip, New Guniea.