Salt water party, Changi

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART24484
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 36 x 82 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on plywood
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1942-1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Working party of men carrying buckets full of water on poles. The prisoners of Changi were required to undertake all chores for their survival within the camp, which meant work parties for water, firewood and everything else were established and men assigned.