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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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Grass cutting and crushing machine, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
The finer type of grass was gathered outside the camp, cut, crushed and soaked for 24 hours, then the liquid taken medicinally as a preventative against beri beri. On the left a POW is feeding an inve...ART26507
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Grass extract shed, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing two Australian POW men in Changi prison crushing and soaking grass for beri beri preventitive. The prisoners received few medicines from the Japanese and had to experiment with their own mixtu...ART24471
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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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Massage room, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Showing machine made for exercising the feet of beri beri patients - on side gave a weight against a pull upwards, the other a weight against the pressure downwards. In the background is an 'exercise'...ART26504
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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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Prisoners gardening at Changi, 1942
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Landscape looking south to the Singapore Harbour in the distance. In the foreground right and centre groups of prisoners are engaged in gardening to grow their own food. In the foreground left a priso...ART28104
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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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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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Sifting rice gristings
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Prisoners-of-war sifting rice gristings. Rice was provided by the Japanese and was a staple of the prisoners diet, Changi Camp, Singapore.ART25072
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The Scraper of Coconuts
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A general method of treating coconuts at Changi until the Japanese refused their admission into camp. Man shredding flesh from coconut shell. The inset image shows the scraping implement used to scrap...ART25073