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BALMAIN, NSW. 1946-03-02. THE EXPRESSIONLESS FACE OF THIS JAPANESE STOLIDLY AWAITING EMBARKATION ON THE DAIKAI MARU OSAKA, THE JAPANESE REPATRIATION SHIP, MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DECIDE WHETHER HE IS GLAD OR SORRY TO BE MAKING THE TRIP TO HIS HOMELAND. THE DAIKAI MARU OSAKA CARRIED NEARLY 3,000 JAPANESE POW AND INTERNEES FROM SYDNEY TO JAPAN, AND WAS THE FIRST MERCHANT SHIP TO ENTER SYDNEY HARBOUR SINCE AUSTRALIA WENT TO WAR WITH JAPAN.
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