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Accession Number | 011779/34 |
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 This item is in the Public Domain |
TROOPS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK, HAVING RECENTLY DISEMBARKED FROM THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ...
Description
TROOPS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK, HAVING RECENTLY DISEMBARKED FROM THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY OF THE TROOPS DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY WERE RETAINED TO GUARD THE DUTCH AIRFIELDS. THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE.