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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian...ART28535.001
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AIF AND BRITISH POW, SELARANG BARRACKS, CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-02. TROOPS ARRIVING IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
AIF AND BRITISH POW, SELARANG BARRACKS, CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-02. TROOPS ARRIVING IN SELARANG BARRACK SQUARE. THIS PORTION OF AREA OCCUPIED BY BRITISH TROOPS. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SECRETLY BY GEORGE ...132937
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Brigadier Hubert Lucas
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Brigadier Hubert Francis Lucas, OBE, in charge of Administration Headquarters.ART26424
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Brigadier K Torrance
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
British Brigadier K S Torrance, OBE, MC, General Staff CommandART26426
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Britannia brooch : Signalman E J Fox, 8 Division Signals
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Gilded metal brooch showing Britannia above a boomerang. Britannia holds a laurel branch in her right hand and a trident in her left. The trident's fork has broken off at the shoulder. Next to her is...REL/12930
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British War Medal 1939-45 : Captain R H Cuthbert, 19 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
British War Medal 1939-45. Unnamed as issued.REL32799.003
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Burnside, Kennedy B (Major, AAMC and POW Malaya)
Private Record
Maker: Burnside, Kennedy Byron
DIARIES COVERING VOYAGE TO SINGAPORE, THE FALL OF SINGAPORE, SURRENDER TO THE JAPANESE, POW CONDITIONS, STEALING BY PRISONERS, FALL OF GERMANY, JAPANESE SURRENDER AND LIBERATION BY THE BRITISH 1941-19...3DRL/7665
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Carved wooden plaque with an image of Britannia : Changi Prisoner of War camp
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden plaque featuring an image of seated Britannia carved in relief with shield, trident and olive branch. The plaque is rounded at the top and square at the bottom, with a wedge shaped tongue proje...REL29111
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. IN ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. IN FOREGROUND ARE MAKE-SHIFT SHELTERS CONSTRUCTED BY COOKS ALONGSIDE A WATER TRUCK. TROOPS IN LEFT BACKGROUND ARE ...106530
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE ...
Photograph
Maker: Aspinall, George
CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE PHOTOGRAPH, A GENERAL VIEW OF THE WESTERN END OF BARRACK SQUARE, WAS SECRETLY TAKEN BY AN AUSTRALIAN PRISONER ...106531
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1945-09-19. CHAPLAIN J.N. DUCKWORTH, 2ND BATTALION, CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT, ...
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1945-09-19. CHAPLAIN J.N. DUCKWORTH, 2ND BATTALION, CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGIMENT, BRITISH ARMY, (CHURCH OF ENGLAND), IN THE HOSPITAL CHAPEL OF ST ANDREW AND ST LUKE, IN THE GROUNDS OF CH...116469
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
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...P00077.020
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
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...P00077.019
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CHANGI, SINGAPORE, SEPTEMBER 1942. PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN DURING THE SELARANG BARRACKS SQUARE INCIDENT, ...
Photograph
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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Collection of cigarette papers: Ron Pilkington, British Army
Heraldry
Collection of 29 colourful cigarette paper packets and papers of various brands. Two have manufacture dates of 1940 and 1941.AWM2019.404.1
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Colonel E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel ...
Photograph
Colonel E B Holmes, commander of British and Australian POWs, Malaya (1) with Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Gallagher Galleghan, DSO, ED, Commanding Officer, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion and co...117117
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Colonel Edward Holmes
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of British Lieutenant Colonel Edward Barclay Holmes, MC, commander of British and Australian troops, after the departure of General Percival from Changi in August 1942.ART26430
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Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Far East, Lieutenant General Sir Henry R. Pownell.
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Far East, Lieutenant General Sir Henry R. Pownell.011303/39
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Dunstan, William 'Bill' (Captain, b.1920 - d.2015)
Private Record
Maker: Dunstan, William 'Bill'
Collection relating to the Second World War service of VX14436 / 309493 Captain William 'Bill' Dunstan, Australian and British Army, Egypt, Italy, India, Singapore, Belgium, Palestine, Dutch East Indi...AWM2018.94.1
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FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOS IN A PARTY OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. OFFICERS AND SENIOR NCOS IN A PARTY OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND NOW TRANSPORTED TO KOREA IN THE PRISON SH...041102
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FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. THE JAPANESE PRISON SHIP "FUKKAI MARU" TRANSPORTING BRITISH AND ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
FUSAN, KOREA. 1942-10-24. THE JAPANESE PRISON SHIP "FUKKAI MARU" TRANSPORTING BRITISH AND AUSTRALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR FROM SINGAPORE TO KOREA IS SHOWN TIED UP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE DISEMBARKATION OF THE ...041096
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Harvey, W G (Lieutenant Colonel, 197th Fld Ambul, RAMC)
Private Record
Maker: Harvey, W G
DIARY OF POW EXPERIENCES INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE "EMPRESS OF ASIA", DIFFICULTY OF DAILY LIFE IN CAMP AROUND SINGAPORE, MOVEMENT TO THAILAND AND THE INCREASING DEATH AND SICKNESS RATES DUE TO WORK...PR84/309
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"Keep it under your hat!"
Art
Maker: Unknown Singapore Government Government Printing Office Singapore
Singaporese Second World War poster cautioning against careless talk. In the top quarter of the poster is an image of a British steel helmet, with the title printed underneath and the message appearin...ARTV07926
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KONAN, KOREA. 1945-09. A GROUP OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, FORMERLY PRISONERS OF WAR ...
Photograph
Maker: Wilkinson, John D Wilkinson, John D
KONAN, KOREA. 1945-09. A GROUP OF ENGLISH AND AUSTRALIAN TROOPS, FORMERLY PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AT THE FALL OF SINGAPORE AND LATER TRANSFERRED AS A WORKING PARTY TO KOREA, OUTSIDE ...041181
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Leslie, Harry (Private)
Private Record
Maker: Leslie, Harry
Photocopies of papers related to prisoner of war experiences of Harry Leslie, of the 5th Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment. Includes leaflets for public talks, draft copies of prepared...PR00516
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Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander in Chief India, and Lt Gen Sir Henry ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer
Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander in Chief India, and Lt Gen Sir Henry Pownell, Commander in Chief of British Forces in the Far East, after flying from India for an important...011303/37
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McNaughton, Jack W (Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment, British Army)
Manuscript
Maker: McNaughton, Jack W
Series of poems written by McNaughton while a prisoner of the Japanese in Changi Gaol and at Keigo and Tokyo in Japan. Describes prison life. Poems were given to an Australian serviceman with the 1 Au...MSS0744
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Netherlands East Indies Government Information Service image
Photograph
Maker: Oliver, Zina
THREE AUSTRALIAN FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR (POW'S) OF THE JAPANESE CHAT WITH A UNIFORMED BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT. THEIR THIN BODIES SHOW THE PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF CAPTIVITY.P01182.006
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Pacific Star : Captain R H Cuthbert, 19 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pacific Star. Unnamed as issued.REL32799.002
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Pilkington, H P (Captain, Royal Norfolk Regiment, POW Changi.)
Private Record
Maker: Pilkington, H P
Collection consists of a photocopied typescript of a memoir called 'The Missing Years, 1941 - 1945, being the diaries and letters of H P Pilkington.' It covers the period just prior to the fall of Si...PR85/093
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1938. Portrait of Colonel I. Simson (British Army), later as a Brigadier, Director-General of ...
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1938. Portrait of Colonel I. Simson (British Army), later as a Brigadier, Director-General of Civil Defence, Singapore, 1941-42.145317
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recto: A Changi P.O.W building Feb to May 1942; verso: Tavoy drome, POW Camp
Art
Maker: Korsch, John Donald
One of the well constructed reinforced concrete barrack building of the former Gordon Highlander Barracks, which were built in 1937. This area is now the Changi Prisoner of War Camp and used by the Ja...ART28535.002
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Rupp, A R (Lieutenant, 2/18th Bn, AIF)
Private Record
Maker: Rupp, A R
TYPESCRIPT OF JOURNAL KEPT BY RUPP IN MALAYA COVERING PERIOD FEB-MAR 1942. INCLUDES ENCOUNTERS WITH THE JAPANESE, MOVEMENT TO SINGAPORE, ESCAPE TO SUMATRA AND THE ARROGANCE OF THE BRITISH OFFICERS THE...PR84/028
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Selarang
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Selarang Barracks of the Changi camp compound. The AIF were quartered in this area for majority of their time in captivity. The building in the foreground of this work housed the 8th Division Signals.ART26469
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Selarang buildings
Art
Maker: Griffin, Murray
Occupied by NCO prisoners-of-war captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. The buildings were previously part of Selarang Barracks occupied by the British troops garrisoning Singapore. The ar...ART26473
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SEOUL, KOREA. 1942-11-22. AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE ...
Photograph
SEOUL, KOREA. 1942-11-22. AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR SOON AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CAMP FROM SINGAPORE TAKING PART IN A RELIGIOUS SERVICE OUTDOORS, WITH MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT. IDENTIFIE...P01052.001
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Seoul, Korea. 1945-09. Camp Konan where 350 British and Australian Prisoners-of-War (POW) ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Wilkinson, John D Wilkinson, John D
Seoul, Korea. 1945-09. Camp Konan where 350 British and Australian Prisoners-of-War (POW) captured by the Japanese at Singapore, were imprisoned. Note the "PW" painted on the roof after the Japanese c...041175
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Shoulder patch : Headquarters ANZUK Force, Australian Army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cotton formation shoulder badge of Headquarters, ANZUK Force. The rectangular sleeve badge is printed on an irregular piece of white cotton drill, and shows, on an overall bright red background, the Q...REL/11574
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SINGAPORE. 1942-02-15. BRITISH TROOPS SURRENDER TO THE JAPANESE IN THE CITY AREA, AFTER THE ...
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SINGAPORE. 1942-02-15. BRITISH TROOPS SURRENDER TO THE JAPANESE IN THE CITY AREA, AFTER THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF ALL BRITISH FORCES FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL INVASION OF MALAYA AND SINGAPORE ISLA...127902
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SINGAPORE, 1945-09-19. LT R.D. STEWART, HEADQUARTERS, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS VOLUNTEER FORCE, AN EX ...
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SINGAPORE, 1945-09-19. LT R.D. STEWART, HEADQUARTERS, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS VOLUNTEER FORCE, AN EX PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, USING A HOME-MADE ELECTRIC CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE BRITISH SECTION OF...116543
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, GCVO, CB, DSO, ...
Photograph
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, GCVO, CB, DSO, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA, INSPECTING MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH GUARD OF HONOUR DURING THE PARAD...117157
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, GCVO, CB, DSO, ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-14. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, GCVO, CB, DSO, SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA, ACCOMPANIED BY LIEUT-COL S.A.F. POND, OBE, COMMANDING OFFICER, 2/2...117165
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. BRITISH ARMY EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. BRITISH ARMY EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, ENJOYING THE VIEW OF THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM THE ROOF OF THE CHANGI GAOL.117656
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-11. EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE WALKING ALONG THE WHARF WHERE ...
Photograph
SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-11. EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE WALKING ALONG THE WHARF WHERE THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP THE MV MANUNDA, IS MOORED. SHOWN: LANCE CORPORAL A. LEEKS, CORPS MILITARY...117040
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-15. EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE EXAMINING BOOKS ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-15. EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE EXAMINING BOOKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY FELLOW PRISONERS WHILE THEY WERE PRISONERS OF CHANGI GAOL. ONE JOURNAL, THE EXIL...117204
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. LANCE CORPORAL P. WIGHTMAN-MOUNTAIN (1) AND DRIVER ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. LANCE CORPORAL P. WIGHTMAN-MOUNTAIN (1) AND DRIVER CHURBON (2) OF 18TH DIVISION, ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS, EX-PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE, AT THE BASE...117655
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-21. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR M. C. DEMPSEY, GENERAL OFFICER ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-21. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR M. C. DEMPSEY, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 14TH ARMY, TALKING WITH DRIVER H. L. COOPER, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS (LEFT); SAPPER D. BI...117667
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1939-45 Star : Captain R H Cuthbert, 19 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
1939-45 Star. Unnamed as issued.REL32799.001
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SURRENDER TABLE AT THE FORD MOTOR FACTORY. LIEUTENANT GENERAL A E PERCIVAL, GENERAL OFFICER ...
Photograph
SURRENDER TABLE AT THE FORD MOTOR FACTORY. LIEUTENANT GENERAL A E PERCIVAL, GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, MALAYA (FRONT RIGHT), SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY ALL BRITISH FORCES ON SINGAPORE ISLAND. LIEUTEN...127903
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Surrender table : Ford Company of Malaya Ltd, Singapore
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Six legged wooden table, made from teak. The table top is 32 mm thick, made from 20 abutted planks of wood, constructed in two layers, screwed together and supported by a box frame reinforced with a ...RELAWM32783