Place | Asia: Burma |
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Accession Number | ART28535.025 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Sheet: 17.8 x 25.2 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Korsch, John Donald |
Place made | Burma, Burma |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Aerodrome POW Camp, Tavoy
Description
An attap thatched palm hut at the Aerodrome Prisoner of War Camp. The kitchens can be seen on the right detached from the main building. This was one of a number of Japanese prisoner of war camps in the area used to house working parties of Australian and Allied prisoners of war captured in Singapore.