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A fine day at last
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of the war relaxing on a chair in the garden between two rows of huts.ART28111
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After Japanese surrender
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Maker: Ashton, Richard
Captured Japanese prisoners of war are shown arriving at Wewak for internment after marching under Australian guard for 20 miles.ART29927
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Altar at Changi
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Maker: Spain, Rod
An altar at the Changi prisoner of war camp. The artist was a prisoner of war from 1942 through to 1945.ART92162
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Artificial leg bamboo pylon
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Maker: Meninsky, Philip
An artificial leg made from bamboo from Chungkai, Thailand in a hospital within a prisoner of war camp working to build the Burma- Thailand Railway.ART90864
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At the foot of the shaft of tunnel "Dick", the carpenter's shop
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Maker: Comber, Albert
Two Australian prisoners of war working in the carpentry shop at the foot of the shaft of tunnel 'Dick', at Stalag Luft III (Stammlager Luftwasse III) German prisoner of war camp in Sagan (Sagan bei B...ART34781.018
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[Back view of soldier]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
The back view of a camp inmate of Oflag 7B. The camp was located in Bavaria in southern Germany, just north of Munich and south of Nuremberg. Inmates were made up of officers from the Allied nations a...ART93154
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[Back view of two soldiers]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Two inmates from the POW camp Oflag 7B. They appear to be watching an activity not depicted. Life in the camps could be monotonous so inmates attempted to relieve boredom through a variety of activiti...ART93157
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Bed box, bottles, amputation retractor
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Maker: Meninsky, Philip
Various medical equipment from Chungkai, Thailand in a hospital within a prisoner of war camp working to build the Burma-Thailand Railway.ART90867
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1 BN Officers Mess, Havelock Rd
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts a prisoner of war seated reading at a table inside the mess, also at the Working Party Camp, Havelock Rd. The intersection of River Valley Road and Havelock Road, Singapore, was the site of tw...ART28113
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[Bread]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a loaf of bread with '15' on the top. Rations in the Oflag 7B camp were provided by the German guards, however, inmates subsituted this diet with foodstuffs received through Red Cross parcels....ART93152
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Camp utensils, Tarsau hospital
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Camp utensils used in the Tarsau hospital on the Thai-Burma Railway. Many of the improvised utensils are constructed from bamboo and other salvaged materials.ART90847
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Chungkai, operating theatre
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
The operating theatre at Chungkai prisoner of war camp hospital during the building of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of ...ART90842
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Colonel Edward "Weary" Dunlop and Captain Jacob Markowitz working on a thigh amputation, Chungkai
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
Two doctors, with two assistants, operating in the hospital theatre at Chungkai. The theatre was a small area of about twelve square feet within a bamboo and attap hut lined with old green mosquito ne...ART91848
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Cookhouse and surgical ward, Chungkai
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
A cookhouse and surgical ward in Chungkai prisoner of war camp hospital during the building of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the ...ART90843
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Cutting up rubber logs for firewood, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Three men from the 2 Australian Imperial Force cutting rubber tree logs with an axe for firewood. Providing firewood for the camp was one of the main activities for the prisoners, as without wood ther...ART26487
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D3, Bo.36, Changi Prison
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Maker: Greig, Allister
Allister Greig was a South Australian-born commercial artist who served in the first AIF and was a civilian internee in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. He was an amateur magician and was caught by prison...ART26749
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Distillery, Nakom Paton
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Maker: Chalker, Jack
The alcohol distillery and vinegar plant at Nakhon Pathom, Burma-Thailand Railway. The tent structure has bamboo framework and there are many containers and jars on the floor. Jack Chalker, serving i...ART90909
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Ex prisoners-of-war waiting to leave Changi
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Australian troops who had been prisoners-of-war in the hands of the Japanese for three and a half years are shown patiently waiting for transport to take them from Changi prison camp, where they had b...ART24404
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Frying rice cakes, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Two prisoners of war at the Changi camp frying rice cakes on a makeshift stove consisting of a metal plate , under a native style shelter. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray...ART26489
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Furniture (by POW)
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Maker: Brindley, John
Depicts seven groups of make-shift furniture acquired or made by prisoners of war at the River Road Camp: a plank chair, a rope swinging bed, a suspended slat bed, a cigarette lighter, a dressing tabl...ART28114