Repatriation centre, Senzaki - Innoculating a child

Place Asia: Japan
Accession Number ART26732
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.1 x 31.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and black wash on paper
Maker Rowed, Reg
Place made Japan
Date made 1946
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Korean child is passing through the medical line-up prior to being returned to Korea. The child is just starting to cry after having five injections in quick succession. The Repatriation Centre at Senzaki was under the supervision of 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force (N.Z.E.F).