KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. KUCHING FORCE. KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE ...

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Accession Number 120407
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Burke, Frank Albert Charles
Burke, Frank Albert Charles
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, BORNEO 1945-09-16. KUCHING FORCE. KUCHING CIVIL HOSPITAL, FORMERLY THE JAPANESE MILITARY HOSPITAL.LEFT TO RIGHT, VX39258 CAPTAIN IAN HEINTZ, 10TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (MELBOURNE) WHO CAME TO KUCHING FROM SANDAKAN IN OCTOBER 1943 WITH NX70761 CAPTAIN FRANK MILLS 2/9TH FIELD AMBULANCE (SYDNEY NSW) THESE TWO EX PRISONERS OF WAR STAYED TO ASSIST AT THE HOSPITAL AFTER REMAINDER OF AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WERE EVACUATED.