8th Division ex- prisoners of war on the deck of the Highland Chieftain after she berthed. ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number 122088
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker McQuillan, Ernest Mervyn
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 11 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

8th Division ex- prisoners of war on the deck of the Highland Chieftain after she berthed. VX47533 Corporal Thomas Henry Fagan and VX57435 Driver John Charles Davon of 105 Transport Company AASC with NX56106 Private George Morris Donaldson of the 2/19th Battalion. All are amputees; the middle soldier displays his prosthetic leg, probably constructed in a prison camp.