| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 011779/31 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Bottomley, Clifford |
| Place made | Netherlands East Indies: Java, Batavia |
| Date made | c February 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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SOME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WITH RIFLES AND HAVERSACKS ON THEIR BACKS LINE UP ON THE WHARF AFTER ...
Description
SOME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WITH RIFLES AND HAVERSACKS ON THEIR BACKS LINE UP ON THE WHARF AFTER DISEMBARKING FROM THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. OTHERS ARE STILL COMING DOWN THE GANGPLANK. MANY OF THE TROOPS DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE.