Thomas Blamey, Douglas MacArthur, and John Curtin, Australia, 26 Mar 1942Blamey and Eichelberger, New Guinea, 1943General Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, 14 Jan 1943F.M. Forde, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Blamey, George C. Kenney, C.A. Clowes, Kenneth Walker
Thomas Blamey, Douglas MacArthur, and John Curtin, Australia, 26 Mar 1942Blamey and Eichelberger, New Guinea, 1943General Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger, 14 Jan 1943F.M. Forde, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Blamey, George C. Kenney, C.A. Clowes, Kenneth Walker
General Thomas Blamey and Brigadier David Whitehead inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun, Essex Ridge, Tarakan Island, Borneo, 8 May 1945Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the United Kingdom aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 3Chester Nimitz, Xu Yongchang, Bruce Fraser, Kuzma Derevyanko, and Thomas Blamey behind Douglas MacArthur aboard USS Missouri during the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.
General Thomas Blamey and Brigadier David Whitehead inspecting a captured Japanese Type 96 25mm anti-aircraft gun, Essex Ridge, Tarakan Island, Borneo, 8 May 1945Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the United Kingdom aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 3Chester Nimitz, Xu Yongchang, Bruce Fraser, Kuzma Derevyanko, and Thomas Blamey behind Douglas MacArthur aboard USS Missouri during the surrender ceremony, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave signing the surrender instrument on behalf of the Dominion of Canada aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945.
General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 1 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 2 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 3 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 4 of 4
General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 1 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 2 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 3 of 4General Douglas MacArthur speaking aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, 4 of 4
General Sir Thomas Blamey signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of Australia aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945.General Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrenderXu Yongchang, Bruce Fraser, Kuzma Derevyanko, Thomas Blamey, L. Moore Cosgrave, and Jacques Le Clerc aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. Note the wire recorder upper left.
General Sir Thomas Blamey signing the Japanese surrender document on behalf of Australia aboard USS Missouri, 2 Sep 1945.General Umezu signing the instrument of surrender, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945, photo 1 of 4Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrenderXu Yongchang, Bruce Fraser, Kuzma Derevyanko, Thomas Blamey, L. Moore Cosgrave, and Jacques Le Clerc aboard USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Japan, 2 Sep 1945. Note the wire recorder upper left.
Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial, Melbourne
Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial, Melbourne
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