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Photograph: 3087... RAF TRANSPORT COMMAND FLY OUT CHILD INTERNEE FROM SUMATRA. Five and a half year old Jimmy Cairns of Penang, was one of the civilian internees brought back to Singapore by RAF Transport Command from Sumatra. Jimmy, whose mother was killed when the boat in which they were leaving Malaya was sunk, spent 8 hours in the water before he was picked up. He was brought up by his father in an internee camp in Sumatra, and has survived an earthquake. He is seen here, walking away from the ‘plane with his father. SE 6998 Army Film and Photo Section SEAC. Dope Sheet SE 6997-6998. Mar 46. One of sixteen British Official photographs, 1945-1946. Mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Covers the period of Allied reoccupation of Singapore, repatriation of Japanese and release of Allied prisoners of war, 1945-1946. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)