SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-03-06. A YOUNG FORMOSAN MAN WEEPS BITTERLY WHEN HE HEARS THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY ...

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Accession Number 126294
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SYDNEY, NSW. 1946-03-06. A YOUNG FORMOSAN MAN WEEPS BITTERLY WHEN HE HEARS THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY WILL BE EMBARKING ON THE OVERCROWDED JAPANESE REPATRIATION DESTROYER YOIZUKI. FORMOSANS DECLARED THEIR LIVES WERE IN DANGER IN BOARDING THE SHIP. THEY SPEAK CHINESE AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND JAPANESE.