The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown on deck is Corporal Eric Smith of the 2/20 Battalion. 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. 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.
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. On left is SX10653 (485) Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Sydney George (Syd) Barber, 8th Division Ammunitio
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown here are NX59143 Warrant Officer 2 Cedric John Ewing, 2/20 Battalion (left) and SX10653 (485) Warra
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
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. On deck is SX10653 (485) Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Sydney George (Syd) Barber, 8th Division Ammunitio
Portrait of 404493 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bill Belford, RAAF, one of a group of Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. This is one of a serie
Two Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) chat on deck during their voyage from Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Identified left to right: NX59143 Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Cedric E
