BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-13. PRIVATE (PTE) C. DODGE, 2 INDEPENDENT COMPANY (1) AND SERGEANT ...

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Accession Number 116364
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-13. PRIVATE (PTE) C. DODGE, 2 INDEPENDENT COMPANY (1) AND SERGEANT (SGT) D. A. WOOLLEY, 2/40TH INFANTRY BATTALION (2), EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, NOW RECOVERING AT 2/12TH GENERAL HOSPITAL. PTE DODGE AND SGT WOOLLEY WERE CAPTURED AT TIMOR IN 1942-03 AND SENT TO MAKASSAR WHERE THEY WERE FORCED TO DO DEFENCE WORK. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SISTER G. M. LAW (3); SISTER D. F. BARDON (4).