| Accession Number | P10829.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Place made | China: Shanghai Shi, Shanghai |
| Date made | c September 1942 - April 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A group portrait of the children of civilian foreigners interned by the Japanese from December ...
Description
A group portrait of the children of civilian foreigners interned by the Japanese from December 1941 in the Shanghai area of China at the Columbia Country Club in Shanghai. Some 400 English, Dutch, Belgian, Australian, New Zealander, Russian and American civilians were held in this centre from August 1942 until they were moved to the Lunghwa 'Civil Assembly Area' - or internment camp - at the Shanghai Middle School in April 1943. Among those shown here is (rear row, fourth from right) James Michael ('Michael') Orchin, son of British merchant Alfred Cecil 'Copper' Orchin and Agnes ('Peggie') Orchin, born 2 June 1927 at Dairen, China. His family missed the last repatriation ship out of Shanghai and were forced to spend the remainder of the war as internees. Michael's sister, Pamela, six years his senior, died from malnutrition on 16 December 1944 in the Lunghwa Camp. The family returned to England after the war before immigrating to Australia in 1971.
- Identification card/work permit photograph taken in Shanghai of Alfred Cecil ('Copper') Orchin in ...
- Identification card/work permit photo taken in Shanghai of Agnes ('Peggie') Orchin in 1942. Born ...
- Identification card/work permit photo taken in Shanghai of Pamela Orchin in 1942. Her parents, ...
- Identification card/work permit photo taken in Shanghai of James Michael ('Michael') Orchin in ...