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The East Indies Fleet
HMS SMITER
Ship's Company - Far East 1945
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Petty
Officer's Sports Team with Capt. Richardson, Indian Ocean, 1945. Terry Oxley
is 3rd from left, middle row. Don Howard is sitting on the far right. This
photo shows the ship’s unofficial badge, no official design was approved
until 1947.
Electrical
Team - Hong Kong September 1945 (an RAF spitfire is behind them)
Standing (l to r): Lt. Preston, Pety Officers Bill Barford, Gilbert
Husk, Fred Foster, Don
Howard, Sub-Lt. Howatt, Kneeling (l to r): Pety Officers Terry Oxley,
HarryWhite, ?, Eddy Neal
'Crossing the Line'
HONG KONG and repatriating internees and PoWs
Spitfire Mk.XIVs of No 132 (City of Bombay) Squadron RAF aboard SMITER
in Hong Kong Harbour, September 1945. There is also a single Stinson Reliant
communications aircraft (nearest camera).
Former internees and PoWs are entertained with a dance on the flight deck
aboard SMITER shortly after leaving Hong Kong Harbour in late September
1945, on passage to Ceylon. The pianist is Don Howard.
Church parade on the flight-deck during a voyage transporting army personnel
from Java to Ceylon late 1945. The pianist is Don Howard.
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