Digging bore hole latrines, Changi camp

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART24493
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 42.6 cm x 52.4 cm x .4 cm; framed: 62 cm x 71.9 cm x 6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on cardboard
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

Men using improvised auger to dig bore-hole latrines, a necessity in a camp that housed thousands of men.