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Informal group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) who had all survived amputations, on board HMT Highland Chieftain on arrival at Darwin. Identified from left to right: NX21000 Sapper John Esmond Fletcher, 2/6th Field Company from Five Dock, NSW; NX33826 Sapper James Anderson, 2/6 Field Company Engineers from Auburn, NSW; VX40153 Driver Keith Raymond Forster, 2/2nd General Transport Company from Pyramid Hill, Victoria; NX37430 Private (Pte) Joseph Andrew Noble, 2/30th Infantry Battalion from Newtown, NSW; VX42338 Sergeant Frank Plaisted, 2/29th Infantry Battalion from Moonee Ponds, Victoria; Corporal D Trane (probably QX15557 Corporal David Crane) of Gordonvale, Queensland; Pte H Hapgood (probably QX13391 Pte Morris Edward Hapgood, 2/26th Infantry Battalion) of Maleny, Queensland, and VX61577 Pte John Edward 'Jack' Dando, 2/10th Australian Ordnance Field Park from Essendon, Victoria.
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Colour: Black & white
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