Ceremony of Japanese surrender in Hong Kong

Rear-Admiral Cecil Harcourt of the British navy accepts Japan's surrender at Government House on 16 September 1945. The ceremony is witnessed by Chinese representative Major-General Pan Huaguo (left), Colonel Adrian Williamson of the United States (second from right) and Captain WB Creery of Canada (first from right).

Date 1945-09-16
People Creery, Wallace Bourchier | Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson | Pan, Hwa Kuei | Williamson, Adrian
Event Ceremony of Japanese Surrender in Hong Kong
Material Type Image
Collection Braving the Storm: Hong Kong under Japanese Occupation
Source Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Repository Library and Archives Canada
Note to Copyright Copyright expires
Accession No. lcs-jap-0048
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