| Places | |
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| Accession Number | P01662.012 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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OMUTA, FUKUOKA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, 1945-09. PADRE C. HAMEL, ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY, ON THE RAILWAY ...
Description
OMUTA, FUKUOKA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, 1945-09. PADRE C. HAMEL, ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY, ON THE RAILWAY STATION AT OMUTA, AFTER HIS LIBERATION FROM THE NEARBY ALLIED PRISONER-OF-WAR (POW) CAMP, FUKUOKA CAMP 17. BEHIND HIM IS THE RELIEF TRAIN THAT IS ABOUT TO TAKE HIM AND OTHER FORMER INMATES OF THE CAMP TO NAGASAKI, ON THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR JOURNEY HOME. BESIDE THE PADRE IS A STACK OF COFFINS CONTAINING THE BODIES OF POWS WHO HAD RECENTLY DIED. FUKUOKA CAMP 17 HAD HELD AMERICAN, AUSTRALIAN, DUTCH AND BRITISH POWS. OMUTA WAS A PROVINCIAL MANUFACTURING TOWN ON THE ISLAND OF KYUSHU.