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BALMAIN, NSW. 1946-03-02. A GROUP OF CHILDREN WHO GATHERED TO WATCH PROCEEDINGS BOOED AND HISSED LUSTILY AS THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION SHIP, THE DAIKAI MARU OSAKA, THE FIRST JAPANESE MERCHANT SHIP TO ENTER SYDNEY HARBOUR SINCE AUSTRALIA WENT TO WAR WITH JAPAN, EMBARKS NEARLY 3,000 JAPANESE POWS AND INTERNEES FOR REPATRIATION TO JAPAN. THE CHILDREN WERE MOVED LATER BY POLICE BECAUSE THEIR NOISE ANNOYED THE PEOPLE ON THE WHARF.
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Corporal Ernest Mervyn McQuillan OAM
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Colour: Black & white
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Copyright expired - public domain
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