Not titled [Prisoner carrying belongings]

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART28730
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25.8 x 17.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink heightened with white, over pencil on paper
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1945-1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

When a prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands was required to move from one camp to another, he was required to personally carry all his belongings with him. The drawing shows an Australian POW with all his wordly possessions in transit. It was originally intended to be an illustration in a book about the 8th Division AIF's experiences in Malaya during the Second World War.