EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-19. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM ...

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Accession Number 115848
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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EN ROUTE TO MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-09-19. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM JAPANESE PRISON CAMPS TRAVELLED BY NSW HOSPITAL TRAIN TO ALBURY WHERE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO 6TH AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCE TRAIN FOR THE JOURNEY TO MELBOURNE. SHOWN, SISTER G. J. FARQUHAR, 115TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, CHATTING WITH THE MEN DURING THE TRAIN JOURNEY.