The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
To date, some fifteen thousand ex POW have been processed by 3 Australian POW Reception Group. Each man undergoes a medical and dental examination and is issued with clothing, equipment and new paybooks. The group is split into two camps, 8 Camp which deals with Australian personnel and 7 Camp which deals with British personnel. Rations, tentage and canteen stores are supplied by US Army 5 Replacement Unit. All canteen goods are supplied free to POWs. (9 September 1945) Each morning three Catalina amphibians leave Manila for the journey to Australia, each carrying twenty ex-POW. The first stop is overnight at Morotai. The second night is spent at Darwin, NT where the troops change the Liberator aircraft for the trip to Sydney, NSW. Also identified: Brigadier H Wrigley CBE MC, Commander, 3 Australian POW Reception Group.
Major-General Cecil Arthur Gallagan, CMG, DSO, VD, CRA 8th Australian Division (administering the command of the 8th Australian Division and AIF Malaya), being interviewed by press correspondents aft
Attached to 3 Australian POW Reception Group is a small detachment of Ordnance personnel (1 officer and 3 Other Ranks), whose job it is to supply the group with all types of stores and clothing to re-
MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1945-10-07. AFTER A MEDICIAL EXAMINATION, DEBRIEFING AND A NEW ISSUE OF KIT, EX PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP TO DARWIN BY CATALI
Scenes on Singapore wharf as the first Australian prisoner of war (POW) from Changi and other Singapore POW Camps arrive to embark on HMAS Manunda, a Hospital Ship, to be taken to Australia. Approxima
MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1945-10-07. AFTER A MEDICIAL EXAMINATION, DEBREIFING AND A NEW ISSUE OF KIT, EX PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP TO DARWIN BY CATALI
MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1945-10-07. AFTER A MEDICIAL EXAMINATION, DEBREIFING AND A NEW ISSUE OF KIT, EX PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP TO DARWIN BY CATALI
