Selerang AIF PW area

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Accession Number ART26512
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 36.3 x 46.8cm.
Object type Work on paper
Physical description brush and brown ink and wash over pencil on paper
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

As seen from Barrack Squares building. In the foreground are the men's Mess huts. In the right middle distance, the Convalescent Depot. In the distance may be seen the Straits of Johore and 'Southern Area'. Centre right is wooden tower built by the Japanese. The one AIF motor ambulance allowed by the Japanese can be seen left centre. A sweeping view of the Selarang Barracks compound where the AIF prisoners of war were housed for the majority of their time in captivity.