073487 Accession Number: 073487

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COWRA, NSW. 1944-08. THE BURIAL OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE MASS OUTBREAK FROM B CAMP, (THE JAPANESE SECTION), AT NO. 12 PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE 1944-08-05. INCLUDING SUICIDES THE JAPANESE DEATH TOLL NUMBERED 234 WITH 108 WOUNDED. THE 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WHO PROVIDED THE SECURITY GUARD, SUFFERED 3 KILLED, AND 3 WOUNDED.

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073487
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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