The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A portrait of a Chinese prisoner of war, one of the many liberated political prisoners held at Tanamerah, Dutch New Guinea. The liberation of camps was not a uniform process, many camps were liberated as the forces were recapturing territory. For other internees, freedom occurred many months after the surrender of the Japanese, and in the Dutch East Indies, liberated internees faced the uncertainty of the Indonesian war of independence.
TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-14. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL C
TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-15. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL C
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24
TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-15. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL C
TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-14. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL C
TALAUD ISLANDS, DUTCH EAST INDIES, 1945-10-14. TALAUD FORCE WAS RAISED TO TAKE PROCLAMATIONS OF FREEDOM TO NATIVE PEOPLES, SUPERVISE THE ROUNDING UP OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AND INVESTIGATE GENERAL C
