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MOROTAI, BORNEO. 1945-10-22. HMAS ROCKHAMPTON RETURNED TO MOROTAI BRINGING BACK MOST OF THE AUSTRALIAN HALMAHERA FORCE, A LARGE QUANTITY OF JAPANESE EQUIPMENT AND SEVEN SUSPECTED JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS. SHE ALSO CARRIED THE CREMATED REMAINS OF FLIGHT SERGEANT EDMUND MCLEOD STEVENSON, RAAF, AND AN ANOTHER UNKNOWN RAAF SERVICEMAN. RAAF PERSONNEL CARRYING THE CASKETS THAT CONTAINED THE ASHES AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF THE TWO RAAF AIRMEN WHO WERE CREMATED BY THE JAPS TO AN AWAITING TRUCK. THEY WERE THEN TAKEN TO 11 OPERATIONS GROUP AND PLACED IN THE CHAPEL.
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Captain George Harvey Nicholson
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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