Two Australian soldiers, VX27000 D T Noonan (right) and VX20199 R Fishwick (left), part of the ...

Accession Number 030365/06
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Woods, Leonard Thomas
Place made China: Hainan Island, Bakli Bay
Date made c 28 August 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Two Australian soldiers, VX27000 D T Noonan (right) and VX20199 R Fishwick (left), part of the prison camp latrine squad, carrying a latrine trough off to be emptied on the day of their release. Both men were members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion Group which was captured at Amboina early in 1942. The troughs, emptied daily, were used to fertilise gardens. In the background is an open sided section of an accommodation hut, which linked the latrine and the sleeping quarters. This hut was used by the Australians as the officer's mess. The same image is also held at P02654.011.