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Anzac Day March - Sydney
Departed Sydney
27/8/1945
Arrived Singapore 13/9/1945
Departed Singapore
20/9/1945
Arrived Sydney 8/10/1945
In
late August, 1945,
Arawa
sailed from Sydney with Duntroon
and
HMAS Hawkesbury. They called at
Darwin on 4/9/1945 and arrived in Singapore on 13/9/1945. On board the
ships were members of 2nd Australian POW Reception Group,
2/14 AGH, and
other troops, heading to Singapore to establish
reception camps for released Australian Prisoners of War.
At Singapore, the troops disembarked and
Arawa
was then loaded with ex-Prisoners of War. She
left Singapore, with Duntroon, on 20/9/1945 and headed for Sydney,
where she arrived on 8/10/45.
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Darwin, NT. September 1945.
A large crowd watches from the wharf as the ship Arawa
approaches with repatriated (POWs). Australian War Memorial -
ID No. NWA1013. |
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Sydney,
8/10/1945. 8th Division ex Prisoners of War returning home from
Singapore line the rails of the transport vessel Arawa at
number 9 wharf Woolloomooloo.
Australian War Memorial - ID No.
122074 |
(Source: Across the
Sea to War; NAA: B883 Service Records; Australian War Memorial
Photograph collection database)
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