RABAUL SURRENDER
ONE PRISONER FROM N.Z. (Rec. 1.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 5. The Australian, Brigadier E. L. Sheehan, met the Japanese surrender envoys from New Britain aboard the* destrover Vendetta off Rabaul yesterday. The meeting was held to make preliminary arrangements for the full surrender of the Japanese in the New Britain area outside Rabaul tomorrow. Prisoners of war held in the New Britain area include one New Zealander, one Australian, 18 British seven Americans and one Dutch, all of whom are reported to De in good health.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 237, 5 September 1945, Page 6
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