File:Japanese soldier suicide Cape Endaiadere.jpg

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Description Australian War Memorial image 013968. A Japanese soldier in the water off Cape Endaiadere, New Guinea moments before committing suicide with a grenade he is holding to his head. The Australian soldier on the beach had called on him to surrender, including demonstrating with his hands (see: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/013967)
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George Silk  (1916–2004)  wikidata:Q1508257
 
George Silk
Description American-New Zealand photographer, war photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 17 November 1916 Edit this at Wikidata 23 October 2004 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Levin Norwalk
Work period 1940 Edit this at Wikidata–1975 Edit this at Wikidata
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