| Accession Number | P04801.019 |
|---|---|
| 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
|
Six heavily ulcerated fragments of shin bone lay on paper on top of a wooden box. These pieces of ...
Description
Six heavily ulcerated fragments of shin bone lay on paper on top of a wooden box. These pieces of bone are believed to have been removed from TX2152 Lieutenant Torquil Roderick MacLeod at the Oesapa Besar Prisoner Of War (POW) camp in Timor where McLeod was imprisoned. Lieutenant MacLeod's legs became afflicted by tropical ulcers, it ate away at his flesh and exposed six inches of shin bone. He was unable to walk again for over a year. 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.