| Accession Number | 045208 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Film polyester negative |
| Date made | 5 October 1945 - 13 October 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Former Nagasaki prisoners of war (POWs) returning to Australia aboard HMS Formidable. Those ...
Description
Former Nagasaki prisoners of war (POWs) returning to Australia aboard HMS Formidable. Those denoted with (X) were survivors of the atomic bomb at Camp 14, Nagasaki. Back row, left to right: QX14889 Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) Frederick Stuart Murray, 2/10 Field Regiment; QX17410 Gunner (Gnr) Charles Frederick Hancock, 2/10 Field Regiment; QX13595 L Bdr Garnet Johnson, 2/10 Field Regiment; not identified. Middle row, left to right: QX9907 Gnr Allan Richard Sidney Beitz, 2/10 Field Regiment; VX45894 Pte William Cecil Reed (X), 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion; TX3914 Pte Colin James Gleeson (X), 2/40 Infantry Battalion; NX47101 (246705) Lance Sergeant Ernest Roy Snowden (X), 2/12 Field Ambulance; VX53494 Pte Bernard Daniel O'Keefe (X), 2/40 Infantry Battalion; NX38456 L Bdr Francis William Fitzmaurice (X), 2/1 Heavy Battery; VX23630 Pte Eric Ernest Hooper (X), 2/2 Pioneer Battalion; TX4878 Gunner (Gnr) Charles Edward Howard (X), 2/1 Heavy Battery. Front row, left to right: QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke, 2/10 Field Regiment; unidentified; NX36950 Pte Terry Basil Lanser, 2/19 Battalion; unidentified; NX38462 Gnr Reginald McConnell (X), 2/1 Heavy Battery; VX25508 Pte Eric Murray Jobling (X), 18 Australian Anti Tank Battery; unidentified; VX41147 Pte Leslie Prendergast (X), 2/40 Infantry Battalion; VX25701 Pte Philip Joseph Smythe (X), 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion.