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| Accession Number | 095817 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Rice, Robert Edwin |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-07. AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ALLIED PRISONERS, MOST OF ...
Description
JACQUINOT BAY, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-07. AFTER THE JAPANESE SURRENDER, ALLIED PRISONERS, MOST OF THEM IN EMACIATED CONDITION, WERE PICKED UP AT RABAUL BY HMAS VENDETTA AND BROUGHT TO JACQUINOT BAY. THEY WERE THEN TAKEN BY ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIR-SEA RESCUE BOAT TO 2/8 GENERAL HOSPITAL. NGX310 CAPTAIN JOHN JOSEPH "MANGROVE" MURPHY, ABOVE, THE ONLY AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR IN RABAUL, WAS THERE FROM 1942, WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED AFTER LANDING BY SUBMARINE IN THE GAZELLE PENINSULA.
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Places
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
- Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Jacquinot Bay Area, Jacquinot Bay