AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-29. A GROUP OF INDIAN SOLDIER PATIENTS ENJOYING A CUP OF CORDIAL IN ...

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Accession Number 090189
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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AITAPE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-03-29. A GROUP OF INDIAN SOLDIER PATIENTS ENJOYING A CUP OF CORDIAL IN THE RED CROSS HUT AT 104 CASUALTY CLEARING STATION. THE MEN, LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR WERE CAPTURED AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND FORCED BY THE JAPANESE TO WORK IN LABOUR GANGS IN THE WEWAK AREA.