011779/36 Accession Number: 011779/36

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AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER STANDING GUARD WITH MEMBERS OF THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES ARMY. HE WAS ONE OF THE MANY MEN WHO WERE RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA FROM THE MIDDLE EAST PER THE TROOP TRANSPORT SHIP HMT ORCADES, WHICH DISEMBARKED MANY OF THE TROOPS AT BATAVIA WHERE THEY BECAME BLACKFORCE AND WERE TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY THE JAPANESE.

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011779/36
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Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Acetate
Date Made
c February 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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