Sama Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Walker, a member of ...

Place Asia: China, Hainan Island, Sama Bay
Accession Number 030353/06
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Woods, Leonard Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Sama Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Informal portrait of Lieutenant Walker, a member of the US Office of Strategic Services, of which a detachment liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, at Bakli Bay, and evacuated them to Sama.