KOEPANG, DUTCH TIMOR 1945-11-04. TIMFORCE. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO LEAVE KOEPANG ...

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Accession Number 120256
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KOEPANG, DUTCH TIMOR 1945-11-04. TIMFORCE. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO LEAVE KOEPANG FOR THE NEW PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AT LOPOK, SOEMBAWA DEPARTED ON THE DUTCH SHIP STAGEN. THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY 30 AUSTRALIAN GUARDS AND 130 NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY PERSONNEL. SOME OF THE PRISONERS AWAIT THEIR ORDERS TO MOVE OFF TOWARDS THEIR BARGES. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)