Assistance with Kanji on portrait

[PNSSHOGUN]

These Kanji are from a portrait of an Australian officer drawn by a Japanese POW on Makassar. Would some kind soul please help me make sense of it?

[Nobody]

昭和二十年十一月二十七日 – Showa 20^th year, 11^th month, 27^th day

セレベス島マカッサルにて – At Makassar in Celebes Island

中西次郎 – Nakanishi Jiro

[PNSSHOGUN]

Once again in your debt, Moriyama Sama. 

 

It seems Mr Nakanishi was from Okayama and graduated from the Tokyo School of Arts in 1935, and continued as an artist after the war. What role he played during the war remains to be discovered, but the Australian War Memorial has record of this artist painting a number of portraits of Australian soldiers at Makassar. I'm hesitant to post the portrait as it doesn't belong to me, however the son of the subject will be most appreciative. Below is a very similar portrait of another Australian officer.

"Among the Japanese prisoners was Tokyo artist J. Nakanishi. He was appointed to the Japanese liaison office that was established as an intermediary between the headquarters of the 2/14th Battalion and the 2nd Japanese Army. Little is known about the artistic career of Nakanishi; however, during his time in captivity he created at least 80 painted portraits of Australian soldiers. The Australian War Memorial holds two in its collection."

 

https://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/83/article-five

https://townweb.e-okayamacity.jp/nakai/onko/nakanishi_jirou.html

 

"J. Nakanishi, Major Gerald O'Day"

 

 

 

 

[Bugyotsuji]

He’s good…