The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 food, comforts, cigarettes, candy and received medical treatment when necessary. They were then taken to Allied ships for the night. Members of the 2/20th and 2/18th Battalions and signallers of the 8th Division, all of whom we captured in Singapore, were among the POWs released. Left to right, back row: Private (Pte) C. Pearce of Peal Hill, NSW; Pte G. Pollock of Balmain, NSW; Pte S. J. Sutton of Tamworth, NSW; Corporal (Cpl) Gil Borrowdale of Nowra, NSW. Second row: Pte Jeff McDonald of North Sydney, NSW; Cpl Gordon Williamson of Cremorne, NSW; Pte L. Costello of of North Strathfield, NSW; Signaller Les Holden of Newcastle, NSW; Pte Bruce Choice of Bingara, NSW. Front row: Pte Robert Hancock of North Sydney, NSW; Pte George Daldry of Darlinghurst, NSW; Cpl B. Roberts of Tumut, NSW; Pte Tom Richards of Tamworth, NSW.
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
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
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
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
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 food, comforts, cigarettes, candy and
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
