Joey the ventriliquist dummy, of which Lieutenant (Lt) Jack Norman Hugo Huges played a role in ...

Accession Number P11010.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1945 -1947
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Joey the ventriliquist dummy, of which Lieutenant (Lt) Jack Norman Hugo Huges played a role in making whilst a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese at Changi. Lt Hughes, of the Malay Regiment, lost his right leg after being hit by a Japanese mortar in February 1942. He became one of only a handful of survivors of the massacre of patients and staff that occured at the Alexandra Military Hospital, Singapore, and subsequently spent four years as a POW in Changi POW camp. Joey is held in the National Collection of the Australian War Memorial.