AT SEA. 1945-10-10. WARRANT OFFICER W. PEELER VC (BROODSEINDE, FRANCE. WORLD WAR 1 - 1917.) 2/2ND ...

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Broodseinde
Accession Number 117835
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

AT SEA. 1945-10-10. WARRANT OFFICER W. PEELER VC (BROODSEINDE, FRANCE. WORLD WAR 1 - 1917.) 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION, AN EX-POW OF THE JAPANESE, PLAYING WITH LITTLE FERNE POPE, THREE YRS OLD, (WHO HAS BEEN IN JAPANESE HANDS SINCE SHE WAS SIX WEEKS OLD) ON THE DECK OF THE BRITISH TROOPSHIP MV HIGHLAND BRIGADE DURING THE JOURNEY HOME TO AUSTRALIA.