KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-02. TIMFORCE. THE AUSTRALIAN CORVETTE HMAS GYMPIE BROUGHT TO KOEPANG ABOUT ...

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Accession Number 120070
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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KOEPANG, TIMOR 1945-10-02. TIMFORCE. THE AUSTRALIAN CORVETTE HMAS GYMPIE BROUGHT TO KOEPANG ABOUT JAVANESE AND TIMORESE SLAVE LABOURERS WHO WERE RELEASED FROM JAPANESE INTERNMENT. ABOARD THE VESSEL THEY ARE EATING WHAT WAS PROBABLY THEIR FIRST DECENT MEAL IN YEARS AND THIS ELDERLY EX SLAVE SEEMS TO APPRECIATE IT. (PHOTOGRAPHER K. B. DAVIS)