MACASSAR, CELEBES, 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. AT THE KAMPLI ...

MACASSAR, CELEBES, 1945-09-25. OCCUPATION OF MACASSAR BY THE 2/27TH BATTALION. AT THE KAMPLI INTERNMENT CAMP OVER 700 BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND DUTCH WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE HELD CAPTIVE. THEIR TREATMENT WAS AS BAD AS IN ANY OTHER PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THE CONFINED LIVING, LABORIOUS DUTIES, TILLING THE SOIL AND RAISING PIGS TOOK ITS TOLL. THE ONLY MAN ALLOWED IN THE CAMP WAS REVEREND BALL AND HIS DUTIES INCLUDED MECHANICAL REPAIRS TO WATER PUMPS, REPAIRING THE ROOFS AND SLAUGHTERING PIGS. THEY WERE ALLOWED VERY LITTLE OF THE PRODUCE AND OF THE FOUR PIGS KILLED EACH WEEK, THE JAPANESE ALLOWED THEM ONLY THE HEADS AND TAILS. INSIDE THE KITCHEN AT KAMPLI INTERNMENT CAMP FOR WOMEN, MRS CREUTH LECHLEITNER AND SISTER YOUILLA AT WORK. (PHOTOGRAPHER SERGEANT F. BUTT)