077761
Photograph 077761 Second World War, 1939-1945LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-30. SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE WYSHAM, AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, AND A GROUP OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR TO WHOM HE HAS JUST GIVEN PARCELS OF COMFORTS.
077763 Accession Number: 077763
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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-12-30. TWO JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR INTERESTEDLY READING THE CARD ISSUED TO THEM BY THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE BEFORE GIVING THEM A PARCEL OF COMFORTS. THE TRANSLATION OF THE CARD IS AS FOLLOWS:- "I AM AN OFFICER FROM A SOCIETY KNOWN AS THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY TO GIVE PARCELS OF COMFORTS TO PRISONERS OF WAR. I AM SENT TO GIVE YOU THIS PARCEL AS A GIFT."
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077763
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Photograph
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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