PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-02-21. JAPANESE NAVAL CREWMEN ON THE BRIDGE OF THE JAPANESE ...

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Accession Number 125602
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1940-1949
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PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. 1946-02-21. JAPANESE NAVAL CREWMEN ON THE BRIDGE OF THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION VESSEL KOEI (KOYEI) MARU TIED UP AT STATION PIER. THE FORMER MINE LAYER WAS SHORTLY TO EMBARK 2800 JAPANESE INTERNEES FOR THE JOURNEY HOME TO JAPAN. (PHOTOGRAPHER SSGT BICKHAM).