OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM CHANGI PRISON CAMP AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, ONE ...

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Accession Number 116090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Singapore
Date made 13 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM CHANGI PRISON CAMP AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE, ONE GROUP WAS EVACUATED BY THE HOSPITAL SHIP MANUNDA TO AUSTRALIA. A SECOND GROUP WAS FLOWN FROM SINGAPORE CIVIL AIRPORT TO LABUAN ISLAND TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT BEFORE BEING MOVED ONTO AUSTRALIA. SHOWN, A GROUP OF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR, MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, READY TO BOARD THE AIRCRAFT FOR LABUAN.