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Anzac Day March - Sydney
Departed Singapore
6/10/1945
Arrived Sydney 24/10/1945
Highland Brigade sailed from
Singapore on 6/10/1945, via Fremantle, and arrived in Sydney on
24/10/1945.
(Source: Across the
Sea to War; NAA: B883 Service Records)
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At sea.
1945-10-11. 8th Division ex-POWs of the Japanese with British Army
nursing sisters of the Queen Alexandra Imperial Nursing Service,
on the deck of the British troopship MV Highland Brigade during
their journey home to Australia. Shown: Private (Pte) A. Smith,
2/4th Machine Gun Battalion (1); Sister B. Padgen (2); Sister M.
Ward (3); Sergeant A. Hamilton, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion (4);
Sister K. B. Herd (5); Pte W. E. Lynn, 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
(6); Sister J. Monteith (7); Corporal S. Bruce, 2/30th Infantry
Battalion (8); Sergeant E. Bailey, 4th Motor Transport Platoon
(9). (Australian War Memorial ID No. 117848) |
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At sea. 1945-10-13. Personnel of 2/30 Bn, aboard
the British troopship MV Highland Brigade during their journey
home to Australia. (Australian War Memorial ID No. 117872) |
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At sea.
1945-10-13. Personnel of 2/30 Bn, aboard the British troopship MV
Highland Brigade during their journey home to Australia.
(Australian War Memorial ID No. 117873) |
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