MOROTAI AREA. 1945-09-01. THE RAN FRIGATE, HMAS BARCOO, ESCORTED BY TWO UNITED STATES NAVY PT ...

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Accession Number 114968
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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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.