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A3, Cell 23, Changi POW camp
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Maker: Cochran, Richard
Depicts a drawing of A3 cell 23, Changi POW camp. Cpl Richard John Cochran, NX57309, 2/12th Field Coy, Royal Australian Engineers, 27th Brigade-8th Division, was a POW in Malaya during the Second Worl...ART28907
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A Changi night patrol
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Cartoon sketch of an Australian prisoner of war sitting up on his sleeping mat, trying to scare away several bugs that have crept up on him during the night.ART90378.001
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Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
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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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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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Aftermath
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
Depicting the destruction of the 100-metre huts at Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp which for three long years housed Australian and Allied troops captured by the Japanese. The huts took very little destro...ART24405
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AIF cemetery, Changi, early days
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Graves with wooden crosses in a jungle clearing, AIF cemetery, Changi, Singapore, in the early days. From a small space cut out of the jungle, the cemetery was gradually extended and laid out with gre...ART24494
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AIF cemetery, Changi: front entrance
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Griffin shows the entrance path to the AIF cemetery, with gardens and trees on either side. The AIF rising sun symbol strung on two poles at the path entrance.ART26477
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AIF cemetery, Changi: interior
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
In this cemetery are buried all the AIF prisoners-of-war of the Japanese who died in captivity in Changi Goal, Selerang. When this was drawn there was a great difference between the first start of the...ART26478
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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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A stringed charpoy our Malayan bed April 1942
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Maker: Korsch, John Donald
A comfortable bed with the addition of a blanket, used by the prisoners extensively in Malaya before the fall of Singapore. Given the required material they could be quickly assembled.ART28535.004
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Australia through the windscreen
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
An unidentified Australian man, possibly 'Lille', stands under a beaming light, his hands resting on a table in front of him and a pipe in his mouth. In the background are a row of faces.ART90378.011
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Brigadier K Torrance
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
British Brigadier K S Torrance, OBE, MC, General Staff CommandART26426
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Carrathool Pub, Riverina
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Pencil sketch of the Carrathool Pub. It is positioned on a corner, and a truck is parked nearby on the street. On the other side of the street is a row of telegraph poles and a man is riding a horse.ART90378.003
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Classical concert, Changi
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Depicts a classical concert held in Changi, with a soloist violin and piano player on stage in front of an audience.ART29034
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Colonel A Derham
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Colonel Alfred Plumley Derham (VX13486), MC, ED, Assistant Director Medical Services. He had served in the First World War. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore, 19...ART26429
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Colonel Edward Holmes
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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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Colonel Wilfred Kent-Hughes
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Colonel Wilfred Selwyn Kent-Hughes (VX26600), KBE, MVO, MC, MID, Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of the AIF 8th Division. Kent-Hughes served as a member of the 7 Infantry Battalion in the...ART26205
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Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Corporal Geoffrey John Walter Bingham (NX51770), DCM, 8 Division signals. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at Singapore. Bingham was awarded his Distinguished Conduct Medal...ART26453
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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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Durian tree, Changi camp
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This painting depicts an old tree near the Changi camp gardens under which many of the prisoner-gardeners ate their midday rice. The lush tropical forest of the Malay Peninsula fascinated Griffin. As...ART24468
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Ex POWs waiting for transport
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Maker: Abbott, Harold
A group of ex POWs are waiting for Transport in Changi, Singapore. Changi was the main prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore where some 14,972 Australians captured at the fall of Singapore were imprison...ART22924
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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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For all the smell we aren't so dead
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A man is walking along playing what looks like a clarinet. Jumping off the ground at his feet are some fish, while in the background are some hot water boilers.ART90378.013
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[George McNeilly conducting class]
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Maker: Sprod, George Napier
Amongst the many activities held in Changi to alleviate boredom, was a conducting class held by George McNeilly, a member of the YMCA unit.ART29033
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Half moon street, Changi
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Maker: Buckmaster, Ernest
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Hawthorn, Melbourne on July 3 1897. After being rejected for military service due to his physical frailty Buckmaster attended the National Gallery Art School from 1918-24...ART23381
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Japanese guards buying vegetables, March 1945
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
This composition depicts the Japanese guards from the prisoner-of-war camps in Changi area purchasing the better class vegetables for themselves from Chinese stalls, Australians providing improvised t...ART25082
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Lathe, Changi
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
2 Australian Imperial Force; lathe made from salvaged materials, set in heavy wooden bedART26523
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left image: Cheer up Dig, its only two thousand odd miles; right image: I always use Creosote when training em
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Two Australian prisoners of war have escaped on a boat. It is being tossed around by the wild sea and a shark fin is pictured in the foreground. right image: Two Australian prisoners of w...ART90379
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left image: "Hey poultry farmer, how much for this one?"; right image: "Give me a hand to catch this bloody box of Yak meat"
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: A prisoner of war is asleep, and a dream bubble shows a POW standing behind an enormous snail, while a another POW looks on, standing next to the chook roost. right image: A POW is carryin...ART90384
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left image: Just as well we have a good fence round us; right image: Its about time we knocked off work
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: A guard is jumping in the air in front of a tangled fence of barbed wire. An Australian prisoner of war is running away from him. right image: Three Australian prisoners of war stand nex...ART90381
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left image: "Ssh! This looks like a victory for us"; right image: Do you think its worth it?
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: An Australian prisoner of war (POW) is quietly stealing a cigarette from a Japanese guard, while a fellow POW looks on. right image: The same POW is pictured sitting outside on wooden sla...ART90382
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left image: We have a rice thief in the gaol; right image: Mind if I take a cigarette paper mate?
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Rice is being funnelled out of a room through a pipe to a bag outside, however the process has been spotted by two other prisoners of war. right image: Five prisoners of war are sitting h...ART90383
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left: Not titled [food queue]; right: Wonder which the P.O.W's want drop't first
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
left image: Australian prisoners of war stand in a queue waiting to be served food. right image: View of two helicopter pilots sitting in a cockpit with beer and parachutes as cargo. The captions jok...ART90380
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Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Cranston McEachern (QX6176), Commanding 2/24th Anti-Tank Regiment, RAA at Muar River. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26444
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Lieutenant Colonel Ian O'Donnell
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Ian John O'Donnell (VX43938), OBE, Commanding 2/10 Field Company, RAE. Taken prisoner by the Japanese.ART26433
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Lieutenant Colonel John (Glyn) White
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel John George Glyn White (VX21434), OBE, Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services, Administrative Headquarters. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26438
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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Webster
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Marriott William Webster (TX2107), MC, ED, Commanding 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot, Australian Army Medical Service. Taken a prisoner-of-war by the...ART26439
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Lieutenant Colonel William Jeater
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel William David Jeater (NX34992), commanding officer of 2/20th Battalion. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.ART26432
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Major Alexander Thompson
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts a portrait of Alexander Norman Thompson (NX34974), Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, AIF Headquarters, 8th Division. Taken prisoner-of-war by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.ART26446
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Malay women and children, drawing for 8th Division book
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
A black pen and ink drawing of a group of Malayan women and children carrying baskets and food. It was originally drawn to be included as an illustration in a book about the 8th Division AIF's experie...ART90662
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Music maestro
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Possibly a potrait of a soldier known as only as 'McNeilly', he is pictured sitting in front of a grammaphone listening to music.ART90378.007
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Not titled [camp concert]
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
A group of Australian prisoners of war are watching a skit at an outdoor theatre at Changi Prison.ART90386
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Not titled [Changi scrapbook, containing 19 pages of drawings in brown folder with drawing and poem on cover]
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart Campbell, Edward Stewart
Sketchbook containing 19 pages in a brown folder with drawings and poems. The poem on the front cover was written by Slim De Grey and performed in a concert heard by the artist.ART90378
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Not titled [Grim reaper]
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Sketch of a grim reaper brandishing a scythe. It has been swung over a railway track, killing people. To the right of the image, is a cemetery.ART90378.008
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Not titled [Grim reaper]
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
An enormous grim reaper is pictured brandishing a scythe across a railway track. The setting is a jungle environment. Dead people lay near the tracks and to one side is a cemetery.ART90378.004
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Not titled [hot dog vendor]
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Maker: Campbell, Edward Stewart
Two men are standing in the street at a hot dog vendor, purchasing food.ART90378.015
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Not titled [POW carrying water]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Pen and ink drawing of an emaciated POW carrying water. This work was drawn after the artist was repatriated to Australia after spending three and a half years in Changi POW camp. It was originally ...ART90663
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Not titled [POW life: a) guard b) listening to lecture c) chunkling d) borehold piece]
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Four sketches of life in camp: top l-r: guard, prisoner seated on stool, bottom i-r: two men using Malay chunkels (large hoe) when gardening, two men at latrinesART28404.004
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POW just returned from Burma
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Depicts an emaciated man, recently returned from Burma-Thailand railway, resting in a hospital bed and showing his physical condition. This is one of a small collection of works on paper by Murray Gri...ART26524
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POW Quarters, Selerang
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Maker: Griffin, Murray
Elegant but crowded and no mod cons. Selerang was near the famous Changi Gaol, another POW Camp. Both camps were occupied at various times by Australian prisoners-of-war. Buildings of Selarang Barrack...ART26472