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Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 019296

Sourced from: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp

Copyright: The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear'. The photo was taken in 1945.

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AWM Caption: Signing of surrender documents by Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Hatazo Adachi, Commander of the Japanese 18th Army in New Guinea. After signing the unconditional surrender, Lt Gen Adachi is ordered to hand in his sword by the General Officer Commanding, 6th Division, Major General H. C. H. Robertson, at Wom Airstrip, New Guinea, and does so. NX9159 Major Douglas S Burrows OBE, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) 6th Dvision, stands at attention at rear.

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	This image was created in Australia and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to the Australian Copyright Council (ACC), ACC Information Sheet G23 (Duration of copyright) (Sep 2005), generally copyright has expired as follows:
Type of material Copyright has expired if ...  A  Photographs or other works published anonymously, under a pseudonym or the creator is unknown: taken or published prior to 1955-01-01  B  Photographs (except A): taken prior to 1955-01-01  C  Artistic works (except A & B): the creator died before 1955-01-01  D  Published editions1 (except A & B): first published more than 25 years ago  E  Commonwealth or State government owned2 photographs: first published more than 50 years ago
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• Empire of Japan
• 6th Division (Australia)
• Surrender of Japan
• Horace Robertson
• Military history of Australia during World War II
• Portal:Military of Australia/Units/November
• Portal:Military of Australia/Units/November 21

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