| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 011779/19 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Java, Batavia |
| Date made | c February 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WITH LOCAL INDONESIANS TRYING TO SELL THEM FRUIT. THEY WERE AMONG THE MANY ...
Description
AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WITH LOCAL INDONESIANS TRYING TO SELL THEM FRUIT. THEY WERE AMONG THE MANY MEN WHO WERE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST PER THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES, WHICH DISEMBARKED MANY OF THE TROOPS AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE.