A group of limbless prisoners of war (POWs) on board HMT Highland Chieftain on arrival at Darwin. ...

Accession Number 019408
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A group of limbless prisoners of war (POWs) on board HMT Highland Chieftain on arrival at Darwin. Pictured, left to right: NX21000 Sapper J. E. Fletcher of Five Dock, NSW; Sapper J. Anderson of Auburn, NSW; VX40153 Driver K. R. Forster of Pyramid Hill, Vic; NX37430 Private (Pte) J. A. Noble of Newtown, NSW; VX42388 Sergeant F. Plaisted of Moonee Ponds, Vic; Corporal D. Trane of Gordon Vale, Qld; Pte H. Hapgood (QX13391 Morris Edward Hapgood) of Maleny, Qld, and VX61577 Pte John Edward 'Jack' Dando of Essendon, Vic.