045155 Accession Number: 045155

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Group of Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Identified is, left to right: SX7612 Private (Pte) Lawrence Augustus (Gus) Amor; SX2548 Pte William Patterson (Pat) Murray; SX9430 Sergeant James William John Stiggants; SX10653 (485) Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Sydney George Barber; SX6028 Pte Samuel (Sam) McDowall, all of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park. This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by WO2 Barber, 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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Accession Number
045155
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
September 1945
Place Made
At sea
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor S Barber
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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