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Anzac Day March - Sydney
Departed Nagasaki
13/9/1945
Arrived Okinawa 18/9/1945
The USS Chengango was used to
carry liberated prisoners of war (POW) from Fukuoka No 2 Prisoner of War
Camp at Nagasaki to Okinawa after the fall of Japan. The USS Chengango
left Nagasaki Bay 13/9/1945 and the POW's were disembarked on Okinawa on
18/9/1945.
The recovered POWs were eventually moved to Manila by plane
or ship. Here they were
housed at an American base until transport became available to get them
home. Some had to
wait for several weeks but they eventually boarded the British aircraft
carrier HMS Formidable on 4/10/1945 for the trip to Sydney.
(Source:
NAA: B883
NX31783; AWM ID Number: P01819.003)
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