The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of NX59496 Private Roland Mushett (Roly) Dean of the 2/19th Battalion, of Duntroon, ACT. At age 21 he enlisted and his unit was sent to Malaya. He was taken prisoner of war (POW) and after being imprisoned at Changi he was sent with a large group of other Australians to Japan on the Kamakura Maru to work first in the shipyards at Kobe while living in Takatorimichi Camp. In 1944-1945 he was a medical orderly, first in Itchioka camp in Osaka, and from early 1945 at Kobe Buen.
Informal group portrait of liberated Australian prisoners of war (POW) onboard the hospital ship 'Tjitjalengka' enjoying a meal en route from Japan to Australia. Standing at rear from left to right: N
Eating good food for a change, in the mess of the British hospital ship Tjitjalengka, are these released prisoners of war (POWs), mostly from Naoetsu prison of war (POW) camp in Japan. Standing rear l
Papers illustrating prisoner of war experiences at Maru Yama camp and Fukuoka camp at Kobe and Kyushu. Includes address book made from cigarette papers; notebook containing honour roll for deaths at K
Koyagi Island, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945. The Kawanami Brothers shipyards with the docks facing Nagasaki Bay. The shipyards employed about 60,000 workers including 1500 allied prisoners of war (POW). The
Koyagi Island, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945. The Kawanami Brothers shipyards with the docks facing Nagasaki Bay and the mountains of the Japanese mainland in the background. The shipyards employed about 60,0
Koyagi Island, Nagasaki, Japan, 1945. An aerial view of Fukuoka No. 2 Prisoner of War Camp on Koyagi Island. This photograph was taken by an USAAF aircraft late in 1945 as the roofs of the buildings a
