The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Men of the 8th Division cluster about the first white women they have seen in three and a half years. Left to right: NX40846 Warrant Officer Jack Kendall (Hack) Finley, 2/18 Battalion, of Mosman, NSW; NX56921 Sergeant (Sgt) Richard Arthur Martin, 2/20 Battalion, of Enfield, NSW; Sergeant S McBrown, of Melbourne, Victoria [NX30178 Samuel McClure-Brown, 2/20 Battalion]; NX31508 Private (Pte) Donald James Alchin, 2/20 Battalion, of Redfern, NSW; NX58351 Signalman William John Jones, 8 Corps of Signals, of Hornsby, NSW; NX30412 Pte Russell (Rusty) Power, 2/10 Field Ambulance, of Goulburn, NSW; NX51530 Pte Arthur Walter Charlton, 2/18 Battalion, of Canberra, ACT; NX46155 Driver Allan Ernest Cook, 2/10 Field Ambulance, of Lismore, NSW. The girls are three American nurses, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) P Thompson of Ohio; Lt E Zimmer of Indiana, USA, and Lt Ziske of Minnesota, USA. All these men were released from Naoestu camp, Japan. Pte Power was originally reported as having died in camp in 1944. He was recovered from the camp 5 Sep 1945.
Released prisoners of war (POWs) speak with the first white women they have seen in years. Pictured left to right: Lieutenant A Ziske of Minnesota, USA; NX58351 Signalman William John Jones, 8 Corps o
These Australian men smiling and displaying the Australian flag they are so proud of were amongst 231 prisoners of war (POWs) released and brought into Yokohama in the middle of the night. The latenes
Released 8th Division prisoners of war (POWs) at Yokohama wharf toasting their freedom with bowls of hot coffee supplied by the Red Cross. Back row: Private (Pte) Alan Victor of Sydney, NSW [probably
US Army nurse Captain Catherine O'Neil of Baltimore, USA, enjoys coffee and doughnuts with, left to right: NX25563 Warrant Officer (WO) William Adam (Bill) Lothian, 2/20 Battalion, of Parramatta, NSW;
NX51530 Private Arthur Walter Charlton, 2/18 Battalion, of Canberra, ACT, points to where the rising sun badge used to be on his original five-year-old slouch hat. He was a prisoner of war (POW) of th
HORNSBY, NSW. 28 JUNE 1945. MEMBERS OF 20 PIONEER BATTALION (AIF) LINED UP FOR HOT COFFEE, BEING SERVED BY REPRESENTATIVE T WRIGHT, YMCA, AT HORNSBY RAILWAY STATION, BEFORE THEY ENTRAIN. IDENTIFIED PE
