| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 118604 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Horner, Arthur Wakefield |
| Place made | Borneo: Sarawak |
| Date made | 13 September 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be ...
Description
Kuching Force. The first groups of recently released Australian prisoners of war (POWs) to be repatriated to Australia via Labuan. A group of 8 Division officers wait to leave Lintang Barracks. Back row, left to right (across top): possibly NX70896 Lieutenant (Lt) Frederick Stanley Grenfell Hollway, 2/15 Field Regiment, far left (1); Lt Hugh Thomas, 2/10 Field Regiment, obscured, wearing hat (2); unidentified (3); unidentified, partly obscured (4); Lt John Morrison, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion (5); unidentified (6); Lt Jim Thom, 2/19 Battalion (7); unidentified (8); Lt E (Gordon) Solomon, 2/18 Battalion (9); Lt L 'Bunny' Glover, 2/26 Battalion (10); Maurie Brennan (11); unidentified (12); Lt Keith Moore, 2/15 Field Regiment (13); Lt G 'Dig' Gettens, 8 Division Signals (14); QX6348 Captain (Capt) J J 'Jack' Rowell 2/10 Field Regiment and of Toowong, Qld (15); unidentified (16); Lt A (Bruce) Walton, 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion (17); Lt Sel Shand, 2/10 Field Regiment (18); Capt Claude Pickford, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) (19); Lt Ken Crawford, 2/10 Field Regiment (20); QX6328 Capt A C (Maurie) Arvier, 2/10 Field Regiment and of Brisbane, Qld (21); Lt John Poole, Australian Army Ordnance Corps (22); SX10503 Lt Lewis Hugh William 'Bill' Bowden, 2/15 Field Regiment (23); Lt Les Kelly, 2/29 Battalion (24); Lt Jock McLean, 2/10 Field Regiment (25); Lt R 'Bob' Ellis-Flint, 2/19 Battalion (26); Lt Clive Bayliss, 2/29 Battalion (27); Lt Keith White, 2/20 Battalion (28); John Rogers, Chaplain (29); Lt Max Lambe, 2/18 Battalion (30); Lt B C Meagher, 2/20 Battalion (31); Lt H M Fox, 2/26 Battalion (32); Lt F Washington 'George' Washington, 8 Division Signals (33); Major E (Frank) Fleming, 4 Anti Tank Regiment (34); Lt K Dunsdon (possibly Fred Dunstan), 2/10 Field Regiment (35); unidentified (36); Lt W 'Bill' Minto, 2/19 Battalion (37); Lt Norman Dick, 2/10 Field Regiment (38); Lt Mervyn Phillips, 2/20 Battalion (39); Lt E 'Ted' Esler, 8 Division Signals (40); unidentified (41); Lt John Eden, 2/18 Battalion (42); Lt C (Russell) Forsythe, 2/29 Battalion (43). Front row (across bottom): Unidentified (44); unidentified (45); unidentified (46); A O’Donovan, Chaplain (47); unidentified, obscured (48); Lt Len Draney, 2/10 Field Regiment (49); Jim Miller (50); Lt Rus Durrant, 4 Anti Tank Regiment (51); unidentified (52); Lt T (Toddy) Walker, 2/10 Field Regiment (53); unidentified (54); Lt E (Ed) Simpson, 2/20 Battalion (55); Lt George N Sleeman, 2/26 Battalion (56); Lt D M Carment, 2/15 Field Regiment (57); Lt Ron Ollis, 2/30 Battalion (58); Capt Bruce Waddle, 4 Anti Tank Regiment (59); Lt J H Britz, AASC (60); Tom Fleming, Chaplain (61).
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