Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st ...

Accession Number 030358/06
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Woods, Leonard Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. VX24673 Private S. A. Merlo, a member of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group, who was captured on Ambon, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp improvised hospital, suffering from dysentery and starvation.