Portrait of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Philipp Oliver Laelius Owen, RAN, who was onboard HMAS ...

Accession Number P04017.058
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of Lieutenant Commander (Lt Cdr) Philipp Oliver Laelius Owen, RAN, who was onboard HMAS Perth on passage to taking up his appointment as Paymaster in HMAS Hobart when HMAS Perth was sunk during the Battle of the Sunda Strait on 1 March 1942. Lt Cdr Owen was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner of war (POW) in Zentsuji Camp, Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. 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.

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