Received from Lisa in April 2022:

I believe that the photo was taken after the war, maybe on their way home. The reason why that I presume that it was on their home is because, the sword that Mr. Ross has attached to his side seems to be an original WW2 type 98 Japanese Army officer’s sword in a military sling scabbard. However, I could be wrong.

Caption: On the photo from left to right: ?, ? Alfred Hunt (E30748), Lance Ross (E1144), ? My grandfather Alfred Hunt and Lance Ross were both in the same Japanese POW camp (Omine, JP-Fu-5B). In the Omine camp, they were also in the same workgroup. Mr. Ross briefly spoke about my grandfather in his diary. “………Another man in my party got hurt, Alfred Hunt from Chandler”. Both my grandfather and Mr. Ross were from the Gaspé Peninsula (Gaspésie), Québec.

With all this said, I would have love to know the names of the other men photographed in the photo.