You are most welcome Sir,   best regards   Leigh 

NH 96692 Lieutenant Commander John H. Morrill II, USN     Title: Lieutenant Commander John H. Morrill II, USN. Caption: Photographed upon arrival in Australia after escaping from Manila Bay in USS QUAIL's 36-foot moor launch, May-June 1942. Description: Courtesy of Rear Admiral John H. Morrill II, USN (Ret.). Catalog #: NH 96692 Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command Original Creator: After this Year: 1940 Before this Year: 1949 Original Medium: BW Photo   Incredible Escape: 2,100 Miles, 30 Days, in an Open Boat    

That's outstanding!!! GS

Finally got more photos 

I do have a GCM group to one of the USS Quail Sailors that made it to Australia.  Some of the crew used a large wooden boat and made a home run.    In May 1942, after the Quail (AM-15) was scuttled during the fall of Corregidor in the Philippines, 18 of her crew—commanded by Lt. Cmdr. John H. Morrill—fled in a 36-foot Navy motor launch. They navigated over 2,000 miles of Japanese-controlled ocean, arriving safely in Darwin, Australia, 29 days later   Kurt

An officer's bedroll, maybe.

Found this on Marketplace place, claims it’s a tarp but they won’t give me more photos besides these two

Thanks again Sigsaye, for your information, much appreciated. 

Thanks Leigh especially the information in your other post. Just cant get enough information great stuff.

Thank you for the correction with information also - I have a GCM to a Chief Electrician on the Quail, since there are now POW records for him and later he served on a Destroyer in the ETO as a Warrant Officer I suspect that he sailed with the Captain as one of the 17 on the motor launch to Australia.   Unlike a lot of folks i enjoy History and don't mind a factual correction when I am wrong....It makes me smarter at 68.   Bill