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Accession Number | 115753 |
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. 1945-09-12. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, SURVIVORS OF ...
Description
MOROTAI. 1945-09-12. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, SURVIVORS OF GULL FORCE, 2/21ST INFANTRY BATTALION AND ATTACHED TROOPS, WERE EVACUATED FROM AMBON IN THE CERAM SEA AND BROUGHT TO MOROTAI BY RAN CORVETTES FOR HOSPITALISATION AT 1ST AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP CAMP. SHOWN, THE OFFICIAL WELCOMING PARTY WAITING AT THE WHARF TO GREET THEM. THE PARTY INCLUDED LIEUTENANT GENERAL F. H. BERRYMAN, CHIEF OF STAFF, LAND HEADQUARTERS, MAJOR GENERAL C. A. CALLAGHAN, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING 8TH DIVISION, MAJOR GENERAL L. E. BEAVIS, MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE, LAND HEADQUARTERS AND AMERICAN OFFICERS.