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English: General Officer Commanding Malaya Command, Lieutenant General F W Messervy KBE, CB, DSO, receives the sword of General Itagaki, Commander of the Japanese 7 Area Army, which controlled Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Nicobar and Andaman Islands, parts of Borneo and Siam, at a formal ceremony of surrender held in the grounds of Headquarters Malaya Command, Kuala Lumpur. 22 February 1946
Date February 1946-02-22
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This photograph SE 6801 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit Park R (Sergeant)

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