On June 14, 1945, the British government awarded War Service Certificates to seven Rohingya from Arakan. The awards were formally announced in the Burma Gazette. One of the men was Abdul Salaam, a Headman from Buthidaung. He is also mentioned in Burmese Outpost and included in one of Irwin’s ‘Field Service’ books. Here: the original copy of his War Service Certificate and his Burmese passport issued  in 1949. 

On June 26, 1945, the British awarded British Empire Medals to two more Rohingya from Arakan (below). The Japanese surrendered to the British in Rangoon on August 28, 1945.