030261/13 Accession Number: 030261/13

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Manila, Philippine Islands. 4 September 1945. A British Red Cross girl chats with an Australian prisoner of war (POW) recently recovered from Japan. The restful atmosphere of the Red Cross hut allows the recovered personnel to carry out the all important task of letter writing.

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Accession Number
030261/13
Photographer
Major L G Massingham
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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