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A Changi working party
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
A group of prisoners of war forming a working party, one carrying a fire bucket to provide fire or a light for cigarettes. A Japanese guard walks amongst them. The men not sent to the Burma-Thailand r...ART25051
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A trailer party, Changi 1944
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Two prisoners dragging an improvised trailer loaded with full sacks and escorted by a Japanese guard.ART25100
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'Bob' Mutton's hut, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Improvised housing accommodation in Changi prison. The men were housed in an area with buildings not large enough to accommodate them all. They built their own atap huts with what ever materials could...ART25060
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Bookbinding, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
When the Japanese gave permission for a stock of books to be brought into the camp from Raffles Library in Singapore, their constant repair was essential. This was carried out with odds and ends of ra...ART25062
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Changi footwear industry: making soles
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Series of drawings showing steps in manufacture of footwear for prisoners of war from powdering and mixing ingredients to pouring into moulds. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the...ART25096
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Changi footwear industry: pressing and drying soles
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Series of drawings showing steps in manufacture of footwear for prisoners of war, including presses, trimmers and ovens for drying. The prisoners in Changi established a workshop within the camp to pr...ART25095
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Changi, Singapore Island. 1942-09-04. 2nd AIF and British POW in Selarang Barracks Square. ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
Changi, Singapore Island. 1942-09-04. 2nd AIF and British POW in Selarang Barracks Square. Foreground, makeshift shelters constructed by cooks. Middle distance - troops queuing at the Regimental Aid P...132935
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, IN WHICH OVER 15,000 BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN POWS WERE CONFINED IN THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE AFTER R...P00077.018
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Cooking rice on deep fry stove, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
To cope with the requirements of many thousands of men, three large deep-fry cooking stoves were constructed in Changi Goal. Here a round-the-clock staff turned the monotonous rice into more appetisin...ART26493
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Digging bore hole latrines, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men using improvised auger to dig bore-hole latrines, a necessity in a camp that housed thousands of men.ART24493
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Drawing salt water for the camp
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
As little or no salt was issued to the POW's held by the Japanese, organised parties were allowed to collect salt water in which to cook their rations of rice. The drawing shows a party of men pouring...ART25068
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Electric rice grinder, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Men from 8 Division Ammunition Sub-Park and left to right: Private W F Kelly, Private A J Cooper, Private L M Bover, Corporal J Warren. The inset figure is Private L J Slee who designed the grinder us...ART25089
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Grass cutting and crushing machine, Changi
Art
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
Art
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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Lathe, Changi
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
2 Australian Imperial Force; lathe made from salvaged materials, set in heavy wooden bedART26523
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Machine thread manufacture, Changi camp
Art
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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Making rice cakes, Changi
Art
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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Massage room, Changi
Art
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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Miniature half pint ladle : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature example of a half pint ladle made from green painted steel taken from an old filing cabinet. Ladle has straight sides and a flat bottom. Lead solder has been used to attach the handle.RELAWM33848
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Miniature kettle made in Changi Prisoner of War Camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Miniature kettle made from part of a green painted steel filing cabinet. The upper and lower edges, spout and handle have all been soldered on to the body of the kettle. There is no lid.RELAWM33841