122040 Accession Number: 122040

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SYDNEY, NSW 1945-09-29. AUSTRALIAN EX PRISONERS OF WAR COMING DOWN THE GANGWAY OF THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER (RMS) OTRANTO. THESE MEN HAD BEEN CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND HELD IN PRISON CAMPS THROUGHOUT EUROPE. AFTER DISEMBARKATION THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOWGROUNDS AND THEN SENT ON LEAVE.

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Accession Number
122040
Photographer
Corporal Ernest Mervyn McQuillan OAM
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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