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

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Accession Number 115844
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, SERGEANT J. H. KOSTAR, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, DISTRIBUTING CIGARETTES TO THE MEN.