World War II aircraft carrier; probably Australian
Glory HMS (Ship)
Papers relating to Rabaul
Date: [1945-1995]
From: Thompson, Eric Hardisty, 1922-2000 : Papers
Reference: 2001-008-049
Description: Articles and papers relating to Rabaul, `The Return to Rabaul, 1945' by Hank Nelson; `What price Bushido?' by Alf Blackie Baker (1991); extracts from the `The Tokyo war crimes trial (1981); copies of small Australian War Memorial prints of the war crimes trial including Japanese and Australians, and of HMS `Glory' at Rabaul Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Evatt, G S :Photographs of the Japanese surrender in the Second World War
Date: 1944-1945
By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Evatt, Gerald Sinclair, 1906-1981
Reference: PAColl-0338
Description: Photographs of the Japaneses capitulation in South East Asia and the Pacific, particularly Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. They include a number of photographs of Japanese prisoners of war being marched to camps; the signing of surrender documents by Australian officers; painting Japan Surrenders on the underside of RAAF plane wings to inform Japanese forces; the announcement of the Japanese surrender by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in Singapore; the Duke of Gloucester, Governor General of Australia, visiting troops; a Japanese tank on fire; and earlier photographs of Allied forces on Bougainville in 1944. The photographs are nearly all official Royal New Zealand Air Force and are captioned on the reverse. Also included with the collection is a copy of New Zealand Freemason frm May 1977 which includes a photograph of the NZEF Masonic Association meeting in 1918 in France.. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).
The HMS Glory Aircraft Carrier with planes and trucks on deck, [Auckland?] Harbour
Date: Mar 1946
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-01651-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 1/2 plate Glass negative