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
Warrant Officer Class II Mathew Wallace Quittenton, VX45344, Royal Australian Artillery A.I.F. 2/4 Anti-Tank Regt.
Private Sidney Roy Barry, VX18976, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2/2 Pioneer. Bn.
Signalman Harold Holdsworth, 2344553, Royal Corps of Signals 18th Div. Sigs.
Gnr. Ernest Robinson 16th Defence Regiment Royal Artillery ~ Died on the River Kwai
Cpl. William 'Bill' Whale ~ Royal Sussex Regt: "His brave action saved the lives of a great many people..."
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