JAPANESE WOUNDED BEING HOISTED FROM A BARGE TO THE DECK OF THE DEBORAH IN A "STOKES LITTER" ...

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Accession Number 097030
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Freeman, William Harry
Date made 19 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

JAPANESE WOUNDED BEING HOISTED FROM A BARGE TO THE DECK OF THE DEBORAH IN A "STOKES LITTER" DURING THEIR EVACUATION FROM NUMA NUMA TO TOROKINA. THE EVACUATION FOLLOWS THE ARRIVAL AT NUMA NUMA PLANTATION OF MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SURRENDER PARTY FROM HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS WHO TOOK OVER FROM THE JAPANESE.