WWII Instrument of Surrender, between Japanese Armed Forces and the Australian Military Forces, signed at Morotai on 9 September 1945, representing Japan are the signatures of Lt General Teshima, Commander of Japanese 2nd Army, and Japanese naval officers, Captain Toru Oyama and Captain Minoru Toyama, and accepting for Australia the signature of General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander in Chief of Australian Military Forces, a facsimile of an historic document that ended the war in the Pacific, the document (approx 20x33.4cm); large sheet in b&w print featuring 7 photographs with captions for Formal Surrender of Second Japanese Army at Morotai; Surrender of Japanese Forces, an original printed address (14.6x28cm), delivered by C-in-C AMF, Gen Sir Thomas Blamey; souvenir document (15.8x11.7cm), issued to members of the Allied Forces at Morotai on the occasion of the surrender of the Second Japanese Army, printed in colour. All with folds, otherwise fine - very fine. (4)
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