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AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LINE THE RAILS ABOARD THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WATCH AS SOME OF THE CONTINGENT, POSSIBLY MEN OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTALION, DISEMBARK DOWN THE GANGPLANK. MANY OF THE TROOPS DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE.
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LINE THE RAILS ABOARD THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WATCH AS SOME OF THE CONTINGENT, POSSIBLY MEN OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTA
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LINE THE RAILS ABOARD THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WATCH AS SOME OF THE CONTINGENT, POSSIBLY MEN OF THE 2/2ND PIONEER BATTA
SOME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CARRYING THEIR KITBAGS DISEMBARK DOWN THE GANGPLANK OF THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY OF THE TROOPS DISEMBARKED AT BATAV
SOME AUSTRALIAN TROOPS DISEMBARK DOWN THE GANGPLANK OF THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. OTHERS ARE LINING UP ON THE WHARF. MANY OF THE TROOPS DISEMBAR
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LINE THE RAILS ABOARD THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY OF THE TROOPS WERE DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE A
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS LINE THE RAILS ABOARD THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES WHICH WAS BRINGING THEM FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY OF THE TROOPS WERE DISEMBARKED AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE A
