75th Anniversary of the signing of the Japanese Surrender at Rabaul.
Canberra, 2020.
Owing to Covid Restrictions only 25 people were able to attend this special service which was organised to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the signing of surrender documents in Rabaul by the Japanese.
It was held at the site of the Montevideo Maru Memorial at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
It was held at the site of the Montevideo Maru Memorial at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
UK High Commissioner Mrs Vicki Treadwell CMG
General Angus Campbell AO, DSC
Colonel Mark Goina, Military Attaché, PNG High Commission
Michael White, Association member.
General Angus Campbell AO, DSC
Colonel Mark Goina, Military Attaché, PNG High Commission
Michael White, Association member.
General Campbell Giving the Commemorative address
Association member, Michael White, lays a wreath on behalf of the Association
After the wreathlaying. Mrs Treadwell, COL Goina and Michael White in front of the Montevideo Maru Memorial
The formal surrender of Japanese forces at Rabaul on 12 September 1945
Photo by Royal Navy official photographer, Trusler, C (Lt) - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31215/large.jpgThis is photograph A 30498 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25117456
Photo by Royal Navy official photographer, Trusler, C (Lt) - http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//31/media-31215/large.jpgThis is photograph A 30498 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25117456
| Japanese Instrument of Surrender |
