The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Yokohama, Japan. 1945. Released prisoners of war (POWs) having their old clothes and new deloused by DDT powder at the Yokohama shipping docks, prior to being shipped home to Australia. Pictured, Gunner John Hoy of Sydney, NSW; Corporal Jim McHugh of Roseville, NSW; Private (Pte) Clive Taylor of Tempe, NSW; Driver Fred Fitzsimmons of Woollahra, NSW; Pte Bill Rudgley of Balmain, NSW; Pte Bill Lynch of Maroubra, NSW. Spraying them is Pte Edward Chmelowicz of New Britain, Connecticut.
Yokohama, Japan. 5 September 1945. On the evening of 5 September 1945, 231 prisoners of war (POWs) were brought to Yokohama. They were immediately taken to a delousing station where they were given fo
Group portrait of Australian soldiers of 8th Division who had been prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese at the Maibara POW camp. These men suffered many hardships, being poorly clad in winter and r
