The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Aboard HMS Speaker at sea en route after the end of the war. Signal flags are hanging out to dry. This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by SX10653 (485) Warrant Officer Class 2 Sydney George (Syd) 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.
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
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
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
