Thanksgiving service at Shrine War Memorial, Melbourne.

Thanksgiving service at Shrine War Memorial, Melbourne. On Thursday, August 16, 1945, more than 10.000 people gathered at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, to take part in the Thanksgiving service held to mark the end of the Pacific War. From left: Captain Chih Kuang Wang, Naval Attache Legation of the Republic of China; Commander D.J. Kommer, Chief of Shipping and Navigation Department, Royal Netherlands Navy Headquarters, Melbourne; Mrs. F.H. Wright, Lieut. Colonel F.H. Wright, Consul for the Netherlands, and Major General H.L.W. van Straten, RNI Army, Chief of Staff, at the service. NI 9137