The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-09-13. MAJOR-GENERAL (MAJ-GEN) E. C. P. PLANT, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING NSW LINES OF COMMUNICATION AREA, GREETING LIEUTENANT LORNA M. WHYTE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), AN EX PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ON HER ARRIVAL AT MASCOT AERODROME FROM JAPAN. LT WHYTE WAS ONE OF SIX AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES CAPTURED AT RABAUL IN 1942 ALONG WITH SEVEN CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATIVE NURSES, FOUR METHODIST MISSIONARY NURSES, AND A CIVILIAN HOUSEWIFE. THEY WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO JAPAN AND INTERNED AT YOKOHAMA. MAJ-GEN PLANT WELCOMED ALL SIXTEEN NURSES WHO ARRIVED BY RAAF LIBERATOR FROM MANILA.
Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) at Mascot Aerodrome with members of their families soon after their arrival back in Australia after being Prisoners of War of the Japanese fo
Emotional family welcome home at Mascot Airport for a former prisoner of war Captain Kay Parker (right) AANS. Captain Parker was one of six Australian Army nurses captured at Rabaul in 1942. along wit
Manila, Philippines. 4 September 1945. A group of nurses and civilians in Manila, after release from internment at Yokohama, at a prisoner of war (POW) processing unit on their way home. The group is
Four members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), ex-prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese, taking leave of family and friends who met them on their arrival at Mascot airport. They are car
Manila, Philippines. 4 September 1945. Lieutenant (Lt) Mavis Cullen (left), and Lt Lorna Whyte, members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in Manila, after release from internment at Yokoha
SYDNEY, NSW. 1945-09-13. MATRON JOYCE OLDROYD-HARRIS, FORMERLY MATRON OF THE RABAUL GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY AT MASCOT AERODROME ON HER ARRIVAL BACK IN AUSTRALIA AFTER BEING A PRI
