| Accession Number | P04017.007 |
|---|---|
| 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: VX44908 Captain (Capt) Frank Eric Shier, 2/22nd Battalion from South Yarra, Victoria; QX64895 Capt Henry Alfred John Tozer, Australian Army Pay Corps (AAPC) from Toombul, Queensland; SX9608 Major (Maj) James Edmonds-Wilson, 2/1 Independent Company from Adelaide, South Australia; QX64898 Capt Peter Handley Brown, Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps (RAAOC) from New Farm, Queensland; and VX50082 Lieutenant (Lt) George William Peter Dixon, 2/1st Independent Company from Brighton Beach, 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. Capts Shier, Tozer and Brown were captured in Rabaul, New Britain and Lt Dixon and Maj Edmonds-Wilson were captured at Kavieng, New Ireland.