306759 Accession Number: 306759

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Japanese prisoners held at the RAN War Criminal Compound at an RAN shore base are working as joiners building chairs. Work on this RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 January 1950 and recommissioned as HMAS Tarangau on 1 April 1950. The name was transferred from the decommissioned RAN Base at Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. (Navy Historical Collection)

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Accession Number
306759
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 5x7"
Support: Paper (Resin-coated)
Date Made
c 1948
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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