P00444.104 Accession Number: P00444.104

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Late party of Japanese prisoners at a base. Japanese prisoners worked in the War Criminal Compound under RAN supervision repairing engines and other mechanical equipment. Work on an RAN base commenced in August 1948. It was commissioned as HMAS Seeadler on 1 January 1950 and recommissioned as HMAS Tarangau on 1 April 1950. The name was transferred from the decommissioned RAN Base at Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

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Accession Number
P00444.104
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1945-1946
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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