The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Kadena, Japan. 1945. US air crew and former Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) beside a United States Army Air Force B24 bomber aircraft named 'Th' Duchess" at Okinawa. The men were formerly held at Wakinohama Prisoner of War (POW) camp in Kobe, and are en route to Manila in the Philippines before returning to Australia. "Th' Duchess" served with the 5th Air Force, 22nd Bomb Group and survived the war. It bore serial number 44-49865. (Donor J. Lane)
Manila, Philippines. September 1945. Former Prisoners of War (POWs), some previously held at Wakinohama POW camp, line up for a bottle of Coca Cola being handed out by women of the American Red Cross
Kobe, Japan. September 1945. Former Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) are loaded into trucks as they prepare to leave Wakinohama Prisoner of War (POW) camp for the Kobe railway station on their way h
Probably Manila, Philippines. c. September 1945. Former Prisoners of War (POWs), probably of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion previously held at Wakinohama POW camp, stand outside a camp building, abou
Probably Kobe, Japan. c. September 1945. Former Prisoners of War (POWs) at Wakinohama POW camp enjoy a game of two up after the camp's liberation. (Donor J. Lane)
Kobe, Japan. August 1945. Drums of supplies are dropped by parachute from United States Army Air Force B29 bomber aircraft into the Wakinohama Prisoner of War (POW) camp following the Japanese surrend
Kobe, Japan. September 1945. Former Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) are waiting for trucks as they prepare to leave Wakinohama Prisoner of War (POW) camp for the Kobe railway station on their way h
