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On board MV Highland Brigade, 11/10/1945
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Australian War Memorial caption reads:
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).
1) PRIVATE (PTE) A. SMITH, 2/4TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION
2) SISTER B. PADGEN
3) SISTER M. WARD
4) SERGEANT A. HAMILTON, 2/4TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION
5) SISTER K. B. HERD
6) PTE W. E. LYNN, 2/4TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION
7) SISTER J. MONTEITH
8) NX37577 - BRUCE, John (Stanley) (Stan), Cpl. - BHQ. Postal Unit attached (standing against railing)
9) SERGEANT E. BAILEY, 4TH MOTOR TRANSPORT PLATOON (9).
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