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  1. Thai food stalls, Ban Pong

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    Maker: Griffin, Murray

    At the end of 1942 a large force of prisoners-of-war, many of them sick and including a proportion of Australians, left Changi goal for what they believed to be a "rest camp" in Thailand. After a tort...

    ART25080

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    The march from Ban Pong

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    Maker: Griffin, Murray

    Reconstruction of march through jungle from work on railway. Soon after the march began the monsoons started. The prisoners trudged hundreds of miles through the rain soaked jungle and ankle deep mud,...

    ART25077

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    The move to Barrack Square, 2 September 1942

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    Maker: Griffin, Murray

    Forced movement of Australian and British prisoners with their belongings to Selarang Barracks on 2 September 1942. Over 15,000 prisoners were concentrated in the square by the Japanese General Fukuye...

    ART25084

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    Withdrawal from Parit Sulong

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    Maker: Griffin, Murray

    Australian soldiers withdrawing from Parit Sulong on the Muar River during the defence of Malaya and Singapore. A scene typical of many in the fight down the Peninsular. Troops, being cut off by Japan...

    ART26529