SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-10-08. SOME 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR RETURNED HOME TO AUSTRALIA ABOARD ...

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Accession Number 122080
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-10-08. SOME 8TH DIVISION EX PRISONERS OF WAR RETURNED HOME TO AUSTRALIA ABOARD THE TRANSPORT VESSEL ARAWA. WAITING TO GREET THEM AT NO. 9 WHARF WOOLLOOMOOLOO ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: MAJOR GENERAL E. C. P. PLANT, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NSW LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA; MR FRANK. FORDE, MINISTER FOR THE ARMY; MR R. R. COOK OF THE MALAYAN RELIEF BUREAU AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL GORDON BENNETT WHO COMMANDED THE DIVISION UNTIL THE FALL OF SINGAPORE.