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Lady MOUNTBATTEN and Black Jack GALLEGHAN
Australian War Memorial caption reads:
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. LADY EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN, SUPERINTENDENT IN CHIEF. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, WIFE OF THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA, CHATTING WITH SGT W. EATHER, 2/30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE AT THE CHANGI GAOL.

Left to right:
1) unknown (back to camera)
2) NX41134 - EATHER, Walter Barnett, Sgt. - C Company, 15 Platoon; also 13 Platoon and A/A Platoon
3) Lady Edwina MOUNTBATTEN
4) NX70416 - GALLEGHAN (Sir), Frederick Gallagher (Black Jack), Brig. - BHQ. CO. 2/30 Bn. D.S.O., O.B.E., I.S.O., E.D., K.B.
Keywords: 100105c

Lady MOUNTBATTEN and Black Jack GALLEGHAN

Australian War Memorial caption reads:
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. LADY EDWINA MOUNTBATTEN, SUPERINTENDENT IN CHIEF. THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, WIFE OF THE SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA, CHATTING WITH SGT W. EATHER, 2/30TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION DURING AN INSPECTION OF THE EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE AT THE CHANGI GAOL.

Left to right:
1) unknown (back to camera)
2) NX41134 - EATHER, Walter Barnett, Sgt. - C Company, 15 Platoon; also 13 Platoon and A/A Platoon
3) Lady Edwina MOUNTBATTEN
4) NX70416 - GALLEGHAN (Sir), Frederick Gallagher (Black Jack), Brig. - BHQ. CO. 2/30 Bn. D.S.O., O.B.E., I.S.O., E.D., K.B.

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File information
Filename:117153.jpg
Album name:makan / Changi
Keywords:100105c
Notes:Copyright expired - public domain
Source:From the collection of the Australian War Memorial. Reproduced with permission. ID Number: 117153
Filesize:58 KiB
Date added:Jan 07, 2006
Dimensions:450 x 332 pixels
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URL:http://www.230battalion.org.au/Gallery/displayimage.php?pid=559
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