SYDNEY, NSW 1945-10-13. THE ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS FORMIDABLE ARRIVED AT CIRCULAR QUAY ...

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Accession Number 122109
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 1945-10-13. THE ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS FORMIDABLE ARRIVED AT CIRCULAR QUAY BRINGING HOME ALLIED EX PRISONERS OF WAR. THREE WOMEN VAD'S (VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT) HOFFEY, HODGE AND LASHMAN HAND OUT CIGARETTES TO 8TH DIVISION MEN AS THEY BOARD A BUS TO TAKE THEM TO INGLEBURN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION CAMP. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)