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MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1945-10-07. AFTER A MEDICIAL EXAMINATION, DEBREIFING AND A NEW ISSUE OF KIT, EX PRISONERS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR RECEPTION GROUP TO DARWIN BY CATALINA. 3 CATALINAS LEFT SANGLEY POINT EACH DAY CARRYING 20 MEN AND FLEW DARWIN WITH AN OVERNIGHT STAY AT MOROTAI. FROM DARWIN THEY WERE FLOWN TO SYDNEY BY LIBERATORS AND ON THE RETURN TRIP THE CATALINAS FLEW DIRECTLY FROM DARWIN TO MANILA. THE MEN BEING REPATRITED FIRST BOARDED CRASH BOATS WHICH CONVEYED THEM TO THE CATALINAS. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT N. B. STUCKEY)
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