SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-15. THE CHAPEL OF ST. ANDREW AND ST. LUKE IN THE GROUNDS ...

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Accession Number 117174
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1945-09-15. THE CHAPEL OF ST. ANDREW AND ST. LUKE IN THE GROUNDS OF THE CHANGI GAOL. THIS CHAPEL WAS BUILT BY ALLIED PERSONNEL WHILE THEY WERE PRISONERS OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE. THE GLASS WINDOW IN THE BACKGROUND DEPICTING ST. ANDREW WITH A PRISONER OF WAR WORKING IN THE FOREGROUND WAS EXECUTED BY V. MURRAY GRIFFIN, OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST, AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL.