MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 065533
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Johnston, Eric Charles
Date made 14 April 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MACASSAR, CELEBES ISLANDS 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. WHEN THE CITY WAS OCCUPIED BY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, MANY ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AND CIVILIAN INTERNEES WERE FREED. A GROUP OF EX INTERNEES INCLUDING THE SNAITH AND WOODWARD FAMILIES WITH BRIGADIER DOUGHERTY.(PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT F BUTT)