Accession Number | F07424 |
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Collection type | Film |
Measurement | 46 sec |
Object type | To be confirmed |
Physical description | 35mm/b&w/silent |
Maker |
Dolan, Samuel Murray |
Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
Date made | 28 February 1946 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Repatriation of Japanese troops from Rabaul
Description
On 28th February 1946, the Japanese aircraft carrier Katsuragi arrived at Rabaul carrying 1,400 Koreans who refused to disembark to make way for 2,500 Japanese POW. After an armed escort persuaded the Koreans to leave the ship the Japanese troops embarked. These were the first POW to be repatriated to Japan from New Britain.