The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. A GROUP OF AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH TROOPS UNTIL RECENTLY PRISONERS OF WAR AT "BICYCLE" CAMP. THE CAMP WAS A FORMER DUTCH MILITARY BARRACKS FOR NATIVE TROOPS AND SO CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF BICYCLES FOUND THERE WHEN FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE PRISONERS. THE AUSTRALIANS IN THIS GROUP ARE MEMBERS OF "BLACK FORCE", WHO FOUGHT IN JAVA AND OF "SPARROW FORCE" WHO FOUGHT IN TIMOR AND AFTER CAPTURE WERE SENT TO JAVA BY THE JAPANESE. (PHOTOGRAPHER LIEUTENANT R. J. BUCHANAN, 10TH MILITARY HISTORY FIELD TEAM)
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. EX PRISONERS OF WAR MOVING ABOUT BETWEEN THE SLEEPING QUARTERS AT "BICYCLE" CAMP SO CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF BICYCLES FOUND THERE WHEN FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE P
A group of happy Australian ex-prisoners of war at "bicycle" camp soon after they were freed. The camp was a former Dutch military barracks for native troops and so called on account of the large numb
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR IN THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS AT "BICYCLE CAMP", SO NAMED BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF BICYCLES FOUND THERE WHEN FIRST OCCUPIED BY THE PRISONERS
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR ON THE VERANDAH OF THEIR SLEEPING QUARTERS AT "BICYCLE CAMP", SO NAMED BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF BICYCLES FOUND THERE WHEN FIRST OCCUPIED
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/3RD MACHINE GUN BATTALION WHO WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON JAVA WHILE THEIR UNIT WAS PART OF "BLACK FORCE". THEY HAD JUST BEEN FREED AT "BICYCLE
BATAVIA, JAVA 1945-09-24. A GROUP OF OFFICERS OF THE 2/3RD MACHINE GUN BATTALION WHO WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR ON JAVA WHILE THEIR UNIT WAS PART OF "BLACK FORCE". THEY HAD JUST BEEN FREED AT "BICYCLE
