MOROTAI. 1945-09-12. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR EX PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, SURVIVORS OF ...

Places
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.