Lieutenant General Baba Masao, Supreme Japanese Commander in Borneo, Indonesia, arriving for the signing of the Japanese surrender to Australian Forces; Labuan island, off the coast of northern Borneo, 9 September, 1945.

Arrive to surrender

A Matilda tank of 'B' Squadron, 2/4th Australian Armored Regiment, with tank-borne infantry, moving along the Buin Road, south of the Hongorai River during mopping-up operations on Bougainville Island, in eastern Papua New Guinea, northern Solomon Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. 

Ride in a jungle road

Lt. Gen. Baba signing the Instrument of Surrender, watched by Maj. Gen. Wootten.

   Major General George F. Wootten, General Officer Commanding, Australian 9th Division, accepted the surrender of all Japanese Forces from Lieutenant General Masao Baba, Supreme Commander of Japanese Forces in Borneo and Commander of the 37th Japanese Army, in a surrender ceremony held at Headquarters of 9th Division; Labuan Island, off the coast of northern Borneo, Indonesia, 10 September, 1945.