Japanese prisoners held in the War Criminal Compound at a base are trucked to outside work ...

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Accession Number P00444.105
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island
Date made 1945-1946
Conflict Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Japanese prisoners held in the War Criminal Compound at a base are trucked to outside work details. The Japanese prisoners work under RAN supervision. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 January 1950 and recommissioned as HMAS Tarangau on 1 April 1950. The name was transferred from the decommissioned RAN Base at Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)