Accession Number | P04801.010 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Fuller, Evan |
Place made | Timor |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Part of the hospital area at the Oesapa Besar Prisoner Of War Camp (POW) in Timor. An ...
Part of the hospital area at the Oesapa Besar Prisoner Of War Camp (POW) in Timor. An unidentified prisoner stands in the doorway of a large hut that serves as a Regimantal Aid Post (RAP), a Red Cross sign is painted on the outside wall. White bowls sit unpside-down on a bench outside and two metal urns are placed on stands in the dirt to the far left. This photograph was taken by NX48948 Sergeant Evan Fuller, 2/12 Field Ambulance of Dungog, NSW, who was held at Oesapa Besar Prisoner Of War Camp (POW) until 1946. Fuller hid the film (there was only one roll) in a cake of soap and his Leica camera was hidden in an Army issue water bottle. The metal bottle had been soldered into two halves, water could still be kept in the top compartment, with the camera in the bottom. The metal bottle was then slipped into a green Army issue cover, hiding any weld marks.