The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
On board the British hospital ship Tjitjalengka in Yokohama these Australian released prisoners of war (POWs) of the Japanese get together for a talk. NX67015 Private (Pte) Hylton Collins of Marrickville, NSW; QX9447 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Leonard Joseph (Len) Keogh of Ipswich, Queensland (in bed owing to injuries received to his knee, when Allied supplies being parachuted into their prisoner of war camp, landed on him), NX47308 Pte Mervyn William Anderson of Stockton, NSW and VX60315 Corporal Lancelot Vernon (Lance) Watson of Elsternwick, Victoria, on crutches. His foot was accidentally crushed while working in a Japanese factory. L Cpl Keogh is reading a copy of Picture Post magazine.
Catching up with the news after being out of circulation so long. These men are now safe aboard the British manned hospital ship Tjitjalengka in Yokohama. Seated are: Lance Corporal Bob Whitington of
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Ken Single of Redfern, NSW, and L Cpl B 'Mac' McDonald of Ipswich, Qld, both members of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), sandbagging their new hutchi (ho
The grave with original cross of QX24077 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn George Holland, 49 Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW, in Soputa War Cemetery, New Guinea. L/Cpl Holland was killed in action on 7 Dece
Studio portrait of SX1882 Private (Pte) Lancelot Frank (Lance) Haines, 2/31 Battalion, of Mitchellville, SA. He was a woolclasser prior to enlisting in March 1940. Pte Haines was promoted to Lance
An outdoors group portrait of the band of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) with their instruments. Identified: left to right: back row: 3963 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Alfred Edwin
Studio portrait of QX24077 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Mervyn George Holland, 49 Battalion, of Narrabri, NSW. He was a station hand prior to enlisting in October 1941. L/Cpl Holland was killed in action
