The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 NX72394 Victor Henry Allen, 2/20 Battalion]; NX51474 Pte Horace Robert (Bob) Bassford, 2/20 Battalion, of Sydney, NSW; NX59157 Corporal Gordon Williamson, 2/18 Battalion, of Cremorne, NSW; Pte Ken Kearn of Griffith, NSW [probably NX6967 Pte Herbert or Hubert James Kean, 2/20 Battalion. Front row: NX51560 Pte John (Jack) Moffitt, 2/20 Battalion, of Bega, NSW; Sergeant Sam McBrown, Of Melbourne, Victoria [NX30178 Samuel McClure-Brown, 2/20 Battalion]; NX52406 Pte Kenneth Fredrick (Ken) Clinton, 2/20 Battalion, of Sydney, NSW, and NX55407 Pte Norman Walter Francis James-Barnes, 2/20 Battalion, of Manly, NSW. All these men were released from Naoestu camp, Japan.
Group portrait of six members of the seventh reinforcements, 31st Battalion. Identified left to right: back row: 3396 Private Edward Fuller Smythe; 3349A Pte John Dykes Cook; 3395 Pte Lawrence Francis
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;
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
Yokohama, Japan. 5 September 1945. On the evening of 5 September 1945, 231 prisoners of war (POWs) were brought to Yokohama. They were immediately taken to a delousing station where they were given fo
Group portrait of members of the 31st Battalion. Identified left to right: back right: Private (Pte) V Dyer; 2320 Pte Hugh Angus Falle (died of pneumonia in Rouen, France, 5 January 1917); Pte E Taylo
Yokohama, Japan. 5 September 1945. On the evening of 5 September 1945, 231 prisoners of war (POWs) were brought to Yokohama. They were immediately taken to a delousing station where they were given fo
