DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-21. THE HOSPITAL SHIP, ORANJE, ARRIVED AT DARWIN BRINGING RELEASED POWS HOME ...

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Accession Number 116613
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Davis, Keith Benjamin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DARWIN, NT. 1945-09-21. THE HOSPITAL SHIP, ORANJE, ARRIVED AT DARWIN BRINGING RELEASED POWS HOME FROM SINGAPORE. SHOWN, FOUR 8TH DIVISION OFFICERS, EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE, ON THE DECK OF THE ORANJE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: LIEUTENANT R. G. SEDDON, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY (1); MAJOR (MAJ) R. G. ORR, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (AAMC) (2); MAJ B. W. NAIRN, AAMC (3); MAJ H. A. W. WATSON, AAMC (4).