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 SX210 Robert Maclagan Gorrie 2/14 Field Regiment, 2nd A.I.F, Australian Army
Sergeant 539067 Linton Bowman Gibson, 5 Squadron RNZAF
Private 14828484 Harold George Backhurst 1st Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Warrant Officer Geoffrey Lowcock, RAFVR, 211 Squadron - Ground Attack Specialist
Flying Officer Maurice Dean Randall, 824 Squadron, RAFVR
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