FIRST REPATRIATION SHIP REACHES JAPAN
TOKIO, March 13., The first Japanese repatriation ship from Australia, the 6800-ton Koie Maru, arrived at Uraga, Japan, today with 25G1 Japanese and Korean repatriates after a 21-day voyage from Milbourne in which three elderly Japanese died from natural causes, including tuberculosis and malaria. All the rema-ining passengeio, including 192 Japanese women and 201 children were in excellent health after a voyage which was described as perfectly comfortable. The repatriates said that they were supplied with warm clothing and tlie living quarters were not overcrowded.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1946, Page 5
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