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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 PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE FOR OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS. MATRON OLDROYD-HARRIS WAS ONE OF SEVEN CIVILIAN NURSES FROM THE RABAUL GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, ALONG WITH SIX AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES, FOUR METHODIST MISSIONARY NURSES, AND A CIVILIAN HOUSEWIFE CAPTURED AT RABAUL IN 1942. THEY WERE ALL TRANSPORTED TO JAPAN AND INTERNED AT YOKOHAMA.
Civilians in Manila, after release from internment at Yokohama, at a prisoner of war (POW) processing unit on their way home. The larger group of which they were part was made up of Australian Army nu
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
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
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),
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
