MOROTAI, 1945-09-12. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, SURVIVORS OF ...

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Accession Number 115775
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Stewart, Ronald Leslie
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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MOROTAI, 1945-09-12. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, SURVIVORS OF GULL FORCE, 2/21ST INFANTRY BATTALION AND ATTACHED TROOPS, WERE EVACUATED FROM AMBON IN THE CERAM SEA AND BROUGHT TO MOROTAI BY RAN CORVETTES FOR HOSPITALIZATION AT THE AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP CAMP. SHOWN, STRETCHER CASES ON THE WHARF WAITING FOR THE AMBULANCES.