| Accession Number | P04017.008 |
|---|---|
| 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 at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified ...
Description
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified from left to right: VX48548 Lieutenant (Lt) Eric Richard Meade Almond from Drumcondra, Victoria; VX46451 Lt Gordon John Bussell from Warburton, Victoria; VX44356 Lt Robert Alan Edney from Mildura, Victoria; VX24728 Lt James Robert Badham from Malvern East, Victoria; and VX15946 Lt James Hugh Bowring from Mordialloc, 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. These prisoners of war all served with the 2/22nd Battalion and were captured at Rabaul, New Britain.