Changi trailer party carrying logs

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Accession Number ART26488
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25 x 36.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description gouache with watercolour over pencil on paper
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This party of prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands in Changi POW Camp, are seen carting coconut tree logs into camp for firewood. The logs have been cut just outside the camp by troops of the Australian Forestry group.