Battle ship which escorted the "Strathmore" carrying the New Zealand J Force, into Kore, Japan
Duke of York (Ship)
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).
Photograph album of the J Force
Date: 1946
From: Brocklebank, Laurie William :Photographs of the J Force
By: Brocklebank, Laurie William, active 1995; Fahey, George Gilbert, 1922-2008
Reference: PA1-o-729
Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).