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Accession Number | 114968 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
MOROTAI AREA. 1945-09-01. THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS BARCOO, ESCORTED BY TWO UNITED STATES NAVY PT ...
Description
MOROTAI AREA. 1945-09-01. THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS BARCOO, ESCORTED BY TWO UNITED STATES NAVY PT BOATS, WAS SENT TO KAOE BAY, MITI ISLAND, HALMAHERA, TO RESCUE 153 INDIANS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT SINGAPORE AND SINCE EMPLOYED AS SLAVE LABOUR. AT A RENDEZVOUS ARRANGED WITH THE JAPANESE, FIVE BARGES LOADED WITH THE PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVED TO BE TAKEN ON BOARD. SHOWN, A JAPANESE OFFICER ABOARD THE PT BOAT DISCUSSING THE HANDING OVER OF THE PRISONERS OF WAR.