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Anzac Day March - Sydney
Departed Manila
19/9/1945
Arrived New Zealand ?/9/1945 (possibly Wellington)
Many Allied Prisoners of War were
recovered from POW camps in Japan and moved to Manila to await transport
back home. New Zealand Hospital Ship,
Maunganui, and the Dutch
Hospital Ship, Tjitjalengka repatriated some of
them to New
Zealand in September and October, 1945.
Several members of the 2/30th were
among those on board Maunganui when she departed Manila
on 19/9/1945. The ship sailed to New Zealand where the men
destined for Australia were transhipped to
Tjitjalengka for the
remainder of the journey home. They arrived in Sydney on
12/10/1945.
Photos
(Source:
New Zealand Maritime Index; NAA: B883 Service Records - NX37360)
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