From the officer's ward, Changi Hospital

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART26459
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 19.1 x 24.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink and wash over pencil on paper
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 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

The buildings in the foreground were, before the war, quarters for Officers of the British Regiments garrisoning Singapore and now in use as a hospital for officer prisoner-of-war. The buildings and tower in the background is Changi Gaol, which, before the war, was a native civilian goal.