Place | Asia: Burma Thailand Railway |
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Accession Number | P01433.033 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Thailand. 1945. Corporal Okada, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) ...
Description
Thailand. 1945. Corporal Okada, Japanese Imperial Army, known by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway as `Dr Death'. He was sentenced to death and executed for brutal treatment of POWs. (Donor B. Theobald)