045144 Accession Number: 045144

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Portrait of SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park on board HMS Speaker after his release from captivity as a Prisoner of War. Images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 were taken with a camera borrowed by SX10653 (485) Warrant Officer Class 2 Sydney George Barber, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, following his release from captivity as a Prisoner of War. The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker. Between 26 September 1945 and mid October 1945, HMS Speaker made a voyage from Nagasaki to Manila repatriating Australian POWs from prison camps in Japan.

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Accession Number
045144
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor S Barber
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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Photograph 045143 Second World War, 1939-1945

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Photograph 045146 Second World War, 1939-1945

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045148

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Photograph 045153 Second World War, 1939-1945

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Photograph 045157 Second World War, 1939-1945

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Photograph 045142 Second World War, 1939-1945

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