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[[Image:Work fight or perish (RC02370).jpg|thumb|An Australian Government leaflet bearing the likeness and signature of Prime Minister [[John Curtin]], telling Australians that they must make sacrifices for the war effort.]]
(contracted; show full)er Ceremony, [[2 September]] [[1945]] |accessdate=2007-01-13 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=[[27 May]] [[2005]]|publisher=Naval Historical Center - U.S. Navy|quote=Taken from ''Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan''}}</ref> Following the main ceremony on board USS ''Missouri'' Japanese field commanders surrendered to A
ustralian forcellied forces at ceremonies across the Pacific Theatre. Australian forces accepted the surrender of their Japanese opponents at ceremonies conducted at Morotai, several locations in Borneo, Timor, Wewak, Rabaul, Bougainville and Nauru.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/vevp/surrender.html |title='Surrender' |accessdate=2008-02-23 |format= |work=Australia's War 1939—1945 }}</ref>

==Australians in other theatres==
[[Image:Mission 204 (P00763001).jpg|thumb|Four members of the Australian contingent to Mission 204 in [[Yunnan Province]], China, during 1942]]
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/index.html |title=Australia's War 1939—1945 |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)|Department of Veterans' Affairs]] }}


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