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

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Accession Number 116628
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
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, A GROUP OF EX-POWS WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NURSING SERVICE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: MR A. F. BAUGHAN, MALAYAN VOLUNTEER (1); SISTER E. A. WORSP (2); LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) J. E. STALEY, BRITISH ARMY (3); LT COL R. M. W. WEBSTER, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, 8TH DIVISION (4); SISTER K. H. SPRAGG (5); PRIVATE J. SHARP, 8TH DIVISION (6); MAJOR S. GORELEY, BRITISH ARMY (7).