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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 ASHES AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF THE TWO RAAF AIRMEN INTO THE CHAPEL AT 11 OPERATIONS GROUP, WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL LATER BURIAL AT THE MOROTAI WAR CEMETERY.
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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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