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25-pounders in action at Gemas, 15 January 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
At this stage the guns of "C" Troop, 30th Battery, 2/15th Australian Field Regiment, here depicted, are ahead of the infantry, firing at 300 yards at Japanese advancing through the rubber plantation. ...ART24498
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Preparing rice for pastry, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In the top picture Australian POW's are seen mincing cooked rice for pastry. In the second picture men are shown grinding rice with a home made grinder manufactured form odds and ends of scraps. Rice ...ART25065
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Prisoners constructing a railway bridge, Thailand
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Reconstruction of scene of prisoners building part of the Burma-Thailand railway. A guard stands watching some prisoners at work. Griffin originally volunteered to go to the railway, thinking conditio...ART25106
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Prisoners cutting Lalang grass, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Cutting grass to be used as compost for vegetable gardens, and loading it onto an improvised trailer for transport to gardens. Griffin has captured the movement of the men and the team work involved t...ART25091
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Private Cyril Croft
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait Private Cyril Croft (VX39686), 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion. Originally from Coventry, England (b.1903) Croft enlisted on 3rd January 1941 at Royal Park Victoria. He served ...ART26451
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Pte 'Jock' Campbell smokes the fish
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
By running smoke through a metal locker, the nearly-rotten fish issued as rations were preserved and given a more edible flavour. Private 'Jock' Campbell, like many others, wears an artificial leg man...ART25075
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P.W. gardens near Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoners tending to the vegetable garden at Selarang Barracks. The Japanese only provided the Allied prisoners with rice and occasionally meat, so the men established vegetable gardens to cultivate a...ART26483
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R.C. Chapel, Changi gaol
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A very elaborately designed and constructed altar and garden built late in 1944 outside the Goal at Changi, for the devotions of the men of the Roman Catholic faith who were prisoners-of-war of the Ja...ART26461
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Repairing dixies, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Cooking utensils quickly wore out. They were at first repaired with scrap metal and old car body steel. Later green painted metal lockers in the barrack building were used. The top drawing shows men o...ART25066
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Repairing metal food containers, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The making and repairing of metal food containers for use by the prisoners. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to produce most items, such as shoes, artificial limbs, cooki...ART26479
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Repairing trailer, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A portion of a motor vehicle, the engine of which ad been hidden in pieces by prisoners, so that, in an emergency a moveable vehicle could be got ready. In its present condition it is used as a manual...ART26490
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Rice polishing extractor, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Drawing of two men operating improvised press for extracting vitamins from rice polishings The rice polishings supplied for the prisoners-of-war by the Japanese, were generally of very poor quality - ...ART26454
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Roberts Hospital, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
It is almost certain that Griffin first conceived the subject of 'Roberts Hospital, Changi' early in 1942, although the painting was not completed until the following year. In the painting all three m...ART24491
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Rubber industry activities, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A. Patching clothes with latex. B. Press to stick rubber soles on boots C. Cutting and trimming rubber soles. Latex is the pure rubber as tapped from the rubber tree. For the purposes shown here, it w...ART26520
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Salt water party, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Working party of men carrying buckets full of water on poles. The prisoners of Changi were required to undertake all chores for their survival within the camp, which meant work parties for water, fire...ART24484
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Sandal making, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In 1944 the Japanese began to supply POW's in Changi Camp with bundles of sheet rubber from which,though it was of poor quality, the prisoners were able to make better sandals than before. Drawing sho...ART25064
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Sapper Albert West
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Sapper Albert Edward Gay West (VX31236) of 2/10 Field Company. Prisoner of war with Griffin in Changi.ART28986
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Sawing logs outside Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Australian prisoners-of-war, 8th Australian Division Forestry Unit, unidentified men using crosscut saw and improvised saw horse to saw logs for firewood etc, Changi, Singapore.ART25098
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Sawyers at work outside Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of the Forestry Unit sawing logs for firewood. This unit was one of the first established by the prisoners upon their captivity. Wood was a necessity for cooking their rations and to also build eq...ART25099
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Selarang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang Barracks of the Changi camp compound. The AIF were quartered in this area for majority of their time in captivity. The building in the foreground of this work housed the 8th Division Signals.ART26469