Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island, HMAS Tarangau |
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Accession Number | 306743 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | 5x7", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin |
Physical description | 5x7", Black & white, Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island |
Date made | c 1948 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A Japanese prisoner at the RAN War Criminal Compound at the RAN shore base, sits in a courtyard ...
Description
A Japanese prisoner at the RAN War Criminal Compound at the RAN shore base, sits in a courtyard playing a guitar. The instrument was supplied by the International Red Cross, Tokyo. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 January 1950 and recommissioned as HMAS Tarangau on 1 April 1950. The name was transferred from the decommissioned RAN Base at Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. (Navy Historical Collection)