Jemadar Hazari Singh

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Accession Number ART22471
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 57.2 x 43 cm (irreg)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil with charcoal and with sanguine conte crayon on paper
Maker Watson, Douglas
Place made Borneo: Balikpapan
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait depicting Jemadar Hazari Singh, 2/15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army, a recovered Indian prisoner of war, captured and taken to work for the Japanese. Jemadar is the most junior rank of Indian Commissioned Officer, equivalent to a Lieutenant in the British Army.