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148561 Accession Number: 148561

Description

Hiro, Japan. 1953-08-07. Four Australian former prisoners-of-war (POWs) at the POW Reception Camp at JRBD after repatriation from Korea. Left to right: 2/400030 Private R. Parker, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), captured 1951-04-24; 3/400795 Private A. Poole, 3RAR, captured 1953-01-25; 2/400000 Corporal D. P. Buck, 3RAR, captured 1951-01-21 (the first Australian POW) and 3/400808 Private V. E. O'Brien, 3RAR, captured 1953-01-25.

Details

Accession Number

148561

Photographer

Private Claude Rudolph Holzheimer

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Black & white - Film original acetate

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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