| Accession Number | P04017.005 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Japan: Shikoku |
| Date made | c July 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp in Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified ...
Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp in Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified from left to right: NGX458 Lieutenant (Lt) James Clarence Archer, New Guinea Volunteer Rifles (NGVR) from Port Moresby, Papua; QX64896 Lt Roy Thomas Hoffman, Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) from Red Hill, Queensland; VX44781 Lt George Alfred Charles Milne, 2/22nd Battalion from Hampton, Victoria; and VX45983 Lt Robert George Lord, 2/22nd Battalion from Glenroy, Victoria. Most of the men in the camp were Allied officers captured in the early battles of 1942. The camp was a 'show camp' used by the Japanese for propaganda purposes, but after 1942 conditions worsened. All four prisoners of war were captured by the Japanese in New Britain.