Japanese going home

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak, Wewak Area, Muschu Island
Accession Number ART25249
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 30.6 x 21.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and coloured wash on paper
Maker Rowed, Reg
Place made New Guinea1
Date made November 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

Japanese troops from Muschu Island Prisoner-of-war camp off the coast at Wewak, boarding the Japanese demilitarised cruiser "Kashima" for repatriation to Japan, New Guinea.