| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART28535.001 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall; 20.3 x 30.4cm(comp); 23.8 x 33.7cm(sheet) |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Korsch, John Donald |
| Place made | Malaya |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Aerial view of Changi POW Camp, Singapore Island
Description
The buildings were originally the barracks of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of the British Regular Army. The square and surrounding buildings were used by the Japanese to house all the Australian and Allied prisoners of war, captured at the capitulation of Singapore and was the scene of the infamous "Changi Square Incident", when all the prisoners of war were herded into this small area when they refused to give the Japanese Commander their assurance that they would not attempt to escape.
- recto: A Changi P.O.W building Feb to May 1942; verso: Tavoy drome, POW Camp
- Water cart, Changi, May 1942
- A stringed charpoy our Malayan bed April 1942
- Rice grinder, Changi
- Mergui landing stage, Burma
- First POW Camp, Mergui, Burma
- Mergui, Burma
- 2nd Mergui Camp, Burma
- Interior Mergui hut, officers quarters
- POW's at rest, Mergui
- The bag and pole method
- Sabotage, Tavoy
- Tavoy school
- Oven and stew pots
- Coconut palms
- Reclining Buddha, Tavoy
- Lieutenant Colonel George Ramsay
- Pony cart, Tavoy
- Pagoda, Tavoy
- Golden Pagoda, Tavoy
- A two star private
- A Japanese sergeant
- Four types of Japanese
- Aerodrome POW Camp, Tavoy
- Pushing a skip, Tavoy Aerodrome
- Native home, Tavoy Drome
- Ye Burma
- recto: Rear verandah Australia House, Ye; verso: not titled [unfinised sketches]
- Cane crusher, Kalunpe