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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) Warrant Officer 2 Sydney George (Syd) Barber. This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by SX10653 Warrant Officer 2 Syd 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.
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Colour: Black & white
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Donor S Barber
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