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Changi, Singapore, 19/9/1945
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Australian War Memorial caption reads:
CHANGI, SINGAPORE. 1945-09-19. MEMBERS OF 8TH DIVISION, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, READING THE VICTORY COPY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MAGAZINE `SALT' WHILE WAITING FOR TRANSPORT FOR THE JOURNEY BACK TO AUSTRALIA. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- PRIVATE (PTE) A. PRENTICE, 2/29TH INFANTRY BATTALION (1); PTE L. THORNE, 2/30TH INFANTRY BATTALION (2); CORPORAL H. O. WELDON, 2/26TH INFANTRY BATTALION (3).
1) NX10518 - PRENTICE, Allan James, Pte. - 2/29 Battalion
2) NX29247 - THORNE, Leslie George, Pte. - 2/30 Bn., HQ Company, Mortar Platoon
3) QX16317 - WELDON, Henry Otto, Cpl. - 2/26 Battalion
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