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Duck yard, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
When the rice ration at Changi POW Camp was sufficient, a certain amount of swill enabled many men to keep poultry, (mostly ducks) and a motley assortment of pens sprang up everywhere, composed of wir...ART26508
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Garden area inside Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men working at firewood stacks, making compost and tending gardens within the Changi camp. This works portrays the organised system the prisoners had established for the smooth running of the camp. Th...ART25053
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Goal cell, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Living accommodation in Changi gaol. In the middle of 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper, which was designed to accommodate 6...ART25092
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Halt for midday rice
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Five prisoners of the log loading party sitting in the shade for their midday ration of rice.ART25093
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Hospital surroundings and burial party, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Improvised trailer used as as a hearse, carrying a dead soldier swathed in the Union Jack flag. The burial cortege is passing a row of atap huts at the Changi prisoner of war camp.ART26480
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Interior view of 100 - metre hut, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This work depicts an interior view of a hut used for accommodation of Allied prisoners. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper...ART26492
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Kitchen of officers' mess, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The room is in a building of the Selerang Barracks, previously a British Army establishment. One of the buildings has been set aside as a Convalescent Depot for prisoners-of-war of the Japanese, house...ART26500
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Kitchens and huts outside the gaol walls, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A scene of the Changi camp with kitchens built from scrap materials, huts built of split bamboo and attap roofs, and an improvised trailer for moving goods around camp. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,0...ART25083
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Galleghan
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G Galleghan, DSO, ED, commanding officer of the 2/30th Battalion of the 8th Division. 'Black Jack', as he was known, was given command of the AIF prisoners in August 1942 ...ART26547
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Listening to Music, Y.M.C.A. Hut, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The YMCA representatives, Mr Ivor Hanger and Mr George Macheily, built this hut of palms logs and attap for recreational purposes and lectures. They were taken prisoners-of-war by the Japanese along w...ART26510
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Machine thread manufacture, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Sketch showing improvised machine for manufacturing cotton thread from Japanese Army issue socks. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to produce most items, such as shoes, c...ART25079
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Main yeast distribution centre, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The yeast, at this time, was given as a small issue to everyone to help in the battle against malnutrition. Later, only the sick received it. It was made from rice polishings, sweet potatoes, sugar an...ART26506
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Major General Cecil Callaghan
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Before the fall of Singapore, Brigadier Callaghan was in command of the Royal Australian Artillery of the 8th Division located in Malaya. His immediate superior was Lieutenant General Henry Gordon Ben...ART25078
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Making rice cakes, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men of 2/29th Battalion kitchen unit making rice cakes. Rice was provided by the Japanese and was a staple of the prisoners diet.ART25071
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Malaria Control, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men spraying to control mosquitoes. He is using a 'Rega' knapsack sprayer and is covering pools with malaria oil to kill the mosquito larvae. His relief stands by. Malaria was a major problem for the ...ART25086
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Men of AIF Concert Party (Doug Peart, Slim de Grey, Fred Brightfield, John Wood, Doug Mathers, Eric Beattie, Harry Smith and Keith Stevens)
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of the 8th Division Signals and Australian Concert Party formed in Changi to entertain. Top: Doug Peart and Slim de Grey. Centre: Fred Brightfield, Corporal John Wood (NX65819), Doug Mathers. ...ART26495
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Men of AIF Concert Party (Val Mack, Frazer Harvey, John Wood, Jack Smith, Frank Wood and Jack Geoghegan)
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Members of the 8th Division Signals and Australian Concert Party formed in Changi to entertain. Top left - Lieutenant Val Mack (QX17732), commander of 2/10 Field Regiment, top right - Frazer Harvey (N...ART26494
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Part of kitchens to cook bulk rice, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Part of kitchens used for cooking rice for Australian General Hospital.ART26482
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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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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