MELBOURNE, VIC 1945-10-24. SEVERAL THOUSAND EX PRISONERS OF WAR, RETURNED SERVICEMEN AND PATIENTS ...

Places
Accession Number 121919
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Vider, Roy Alban
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 24 October 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MELBOURNE, VIC 1945-10-24. SEVERAL THOUSAND EX PRISONERS OF WAR, RETURNED SERVICEMEN AND PATIENTS FROM HEIDELBERG MILITARY HOSPITAL ATTENDED A GARDEN PARTY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT THE INVITATION OF THE GOVERNOR, SIR WINSTON DUGAN. LADY DUGAN WARMLY GREETS DRIVER A. H. SPIBY WHO WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN CHANGI FOR THREE AND HALF YEARS. (PHOTOGRAPHER R. A. VIDER)