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Accession Number | 120262 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
KOEPANG, DUTCH TIMOR 1945-11-04. TIMFORCE. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO LEAVE KOEPANG ...
Description
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. LIEUTENANT GENERAL YAMADA, COMMANDER OF THE JAPANESE 48TH DIVISION INSPECTS SOME OF HIS TROOPS BEFORE THE BOARD THE BARGES WHICH CARRIED THEM OUT TO THE DUTCH VESSEL. (PHOTOGRAPHER SGT K. B. DAVIS)