030365/02
Photograph 030365/02 Second World War, 1939-1945Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. General view of the prisoner of war (POW) Camp Hospital. Note the wooden shutters all along the wall, open to let in sun and air.
030351/05 Accession Number: 030351/05
Description
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. The train used to evacuate ex-prisoners of war (POWs), including members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who were liberated by a detachment of US Office of Strategic Services, after the surrender of Japan is stopped on the tracks. They were evacuated by train to Sama Bay, after their first attempt was frustrated by Chinese Communists who derailed the engine with a bomb. The man walking beside the train (left) and carrying a Red Cross flag, is probably Lieutenant Walker of the US Office of Strategic Services
Details
Accession Number
030351/05
Photographer
Captain Leonard Thomas Woods
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Format: 35mm
Support: Nitrate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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