MOROTAI. 1945-07-20. THE AREA OF 1 AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERROGATION RECEPTION UNIT, ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Halmahera Island, Morotai Island
Accession Number 111916
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

MOROTAI. 1945-07-20. THE AREA OF 1 AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERROGATION RECEPTION UNIT, (LATER RENAMED 9 AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION CAMP), WHICH IS RESERVED FOR THE CIVILIAN PERSONNEL RECOVERED FROM THE JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS. IN BACKGROUND CAN BE SEEN THE SHOWERS, LAUNDRY AND IRONING ROOM.