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MORE PLANES
FOR P.O.Ws.
366 Australians
In Java
A.A.P. And Our Special Representative
SINGAPORE, Sept 12.
tralian prisoners of war. it had
on board Lady Blarney, wife of
the C-in-C. Australian Land
Forces, in her capacity as Com
mandant of the Australian Bed
Cross. . Her Best sight of the Aus
tralians was on the wharf, where
they were ina^inp comforts for the
Changi camp
i<Kl? Blarney wtem as soon' as
possible to Changi, where she spent
half an hour frpnrf"g to a number
of men personally known to her.
She will make a more extended visit
to the camp later.
An additional eight Dakotas nave
been made available by the RAAF
for the air evacuation of prisoners,
and it is proposed that the 18 Da
kotas now in use will shuttle large
numbers of Australians from
Changi to Morotai, where they
will transfer to liberators for the
flight to Australia.
At a press conference with the
Supreme Allied Commander (Adml
Mountbatten) yesterday evening,
it was stated that the South-East
Asia Command was hopeful of ob
taining an increased allocation of
ships from the pool for the evacu
ation of .prisoners and internees
News From Java
Japanese Headquarters in Java,
replying to a request from SEAC.
reports that there are 6.107 prison
er:, of war hi Java. At Batavia
there are 3.280, Including U359
British. 366 Australians, six Cana
dian. 61 Americans. 1.449 Dutch,
and 39 Indians There are also
2,810 at Bandoeng. 2.739 of whom
are Dutch
The numbei ol civilian internees
in Java is reported to be 61,661.
including 604 British. 31 Austra
lians, 33 Americans, 59.098 Dutch,
and 1395 of -unfixed nationality."
TOKIO September 12.—A corre
spondent of Associated Press of
America says that arrangements
are being made foi the liberation
or over 5.000 Allied prisoners, in
cluding ovei 300 Australians, held
in six camre in the Osaka-Kobe
area
Approximately 33,000 Allied per
sonnel nave been freed, or are in
the process of being rescued from
camps in the Japanese home
island Ovei 14.000 have been
liberated from eastern Honshu
since August 29
Mercy Mission
A correspondent or Associated
Press ol America at Ominato says
thai American fliers tound 1.556
Allied war prisoners, including
eight Australian and 283 British at
foui remote camps at Hokkaido
Great Sights of bombers—be
lieved to be the greatest carriei
plane mercy mission—dropped ne
cessities and luxuries for the pri
soners Forty-two needed medics i
attention, but none was serious
The Manila correspondent oi
Associated Press oJ America -ay
that 12 freed prisoners of vat art
missing from a Liberator whicn
crashed into the sea ufi Formosa
today A naval vessel rescued Uit
five members of the crew and eight
otbei prisoners who parachuted
The nationality of the prisoner*
hat- not been announced. The
plane was one of aearly 100 wtiici.
were making a mass ftiehi frnn
Okinawa tQ Manila
When the hospital ship Ma-
nunda arrived to pick up Aus-
tralian prisoners of war, it had
on board Lady Blamey, wife of
Col lokunago. sotmetJv commandant oi the Hongkong prisonei o? wor borrocks. who has been arrested by the British as o major wai criminal —Rovol Navy official photograph Help
Col lokunago. sotmetJv commandant oi the Hongkong prisonei o?
wor borrocks. who has been arrested by the British as o major wai
criminal —Rovol Navy official photograph
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