VJ Day
VJ (Victory over Japan) Day was announced on 15 August 1945 bringing the Second World War to an end. The formal surrender had been signed a few weeks earlier on the decks of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September. Image © IWM (EA 75893)
“The War is over…those four words have for the Queen and myself the same significance – simple yet immense – that they have for you. Our hearts are overflowing.”
KING GEORGE VI, 15 AUGUST 1945
Lieutenant John Mcculloch Young, 175591, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private Richard William Hodder, SX14943, Australian Army Service Corps A.I.F. 212 Res. M.T. Coy.
Pilot Officer Phillip Joseph Lester, 10373, 82 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
Private Ronald Francis Ahearn, QX10851, 1 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Rifleman Lloyd Logan Roblee, F/40323, Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
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