| Places | |
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| Accession Number | 118861 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Stuckey, Norman Bradford |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Nakom Paton, Thailand. 19 September 1945. Section of the Nakom Paton prisoner of war (POW) ...
Description
Nakom Paton, Thailand. 19 September 1945. Section of the Nakom Paton prisoner of war (POW) hospital camp. Some of the cookhouses are on left, and wards on right. The hospital covers approximately 150 acres. In January 1944, using POW and native labour, the Japanese began the construction of this major POW hospital for the chronically ill and amputees at Nakom Paton, on the main Singapore-Thailand railway, fifty six kilometres west of Bangkok. Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Coates, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) was appointed as Chief Medical Officer. At its peak the camp contained 7,353 POWs.