Caption (captured with a magnifying glass by Derrill Henderson): Four Province of Quebec men, listed as being from Gaspé, Noranda, Melbourne and Windsor Mills are among those pictured above in the first photograph to be released on this continent of liberated Canadian prisoners of war in Japan. Captured at Hong Kong where the Royal Rifles of Canada (Quebec City), the Winnipeg Grenadiers and a Canadian headquarter’ force shared in its defence with British and Indian troops were released from the Narumi Daito prison camp in Japan. They are, reading from left to right, front row” CPL TED KURLUK, Vancouver; RIFLEMAN LESLIE CUNNING, Gaspé, Quebec; CPL WILFORD J. MALOOF, Noranda, Quebec; RIFLEMAN REGINALD H. MOORE, Campbellford, Ont. Back row: PTE CHAS. WOODHEAD, Winnipeg, Man; RIFLEMAN ALFRED MILLS, Melbourne, Quebec; RIFLEMAN WALTER J. SPINGLEY, Peterborough, Ont; RIFLEMAN GORDON LALONDE, Martintown, Ont.; RIFLEMAN JOHN BASKIN, Blacklands, New Brunswick; and RIFLEMAN KENNETH MUIR, Windsor Mills, Quebec.

Photo submitted by Derrill Henderson in Nov 2013.

"Spingley" should perhaps be spelled SPENCLEY (B72966). (Comment submitted by Lori Atkinson Smith in Apr 2020)