PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-02-21. THE RUSTY NAME-PLATE ON THE BOW OF THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION ...

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Accession Number 125600
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Bickham, Harry Daniel
Conflict Period 1940-1949
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PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-02-21. THE RUSTY NAME-PLATE ON THE BOW OF THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION VESSEL KOEI (KOYEI) MARU AT STATION PIER. THE FORMER MINE LAYER WAS SHORTLY TO EMBARK 2800 JAPANESE INTERNEES FOR THE JOURNEY HOME TO JAPAN.