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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 TO DARWIN WITH AN OVERNIGHT STAY AT MOROTAI. FROM DARWIN THEY ARE FLOWN TO SYDNEY BY LIBERATORS. ON THE RETURN TRIP THE CATALINAS FLY DIRECT, DARWIN TO MANILA. SOME OF THE EX PRISONERS IN THE BLISTER OF A CATALINA JUST PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE. (PHOTOGRAPHER LT N. B. STUCKEY)
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Format: 3x4"
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