Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Cowra |
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Accession Number | 073485 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
COWRA, NSW. 1944-08. BLANKETS THROWN OVER THE BARBED WIRE IN B CAMP, (THE JAPANESE SECTION), AT ...
Description
COWRA, NSW. 1944-08. BLANKETS THROWN OVER THE BARBED WIRE IN B CAMP, (THE JAPANESE SECTION), AT NO. 12 PRISONER OF WAR COMPOUND, BY ESCAPING PRISONERS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE 1944-08-05. INCLUDING SUICIDES THE JAPANESE DEATH ROLL NUMBERED 234 WITH 108 WOUNDED. THE 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WHO PROVIDED THE SECURITY GUARD, SUFFERED 3 KILLED AND 3 WOUNDED.