Summary

Australian War Memorial (AWM) catalog number 120107 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.

AWM Caption: KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-03. TIMFORCE. LIEUTENANT GENERAL K. YAMADA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 48TH DIVISION, SIGNED AN INSTRUMENT WHICH EFFECTED THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE LESSER SUNDAS, EAST OF AND NOT INCLUDING LOMBOK. BRIGADIER L. G. H. DYKE CBE DSO, COMMANDING AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN TIMOR, SIGNS THE SURRENDER DOCUMENT ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTRALIAN FORCES. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)

-> This is not Yamada. The Australian War Memorial is wrong.

The AWM is not wrong. They state it is Brig Dyke. This is the ceremony with Lt. Gen. Kunitaro Yamada....note the present tense for Dyke (current picture) and the past tense for Yamada (historical context). (Dewobroto (talk) 05:50, 17 March 2010 (UTC))

Post-Work: W.Wolny

Licensing

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