NAKOM PATON, THAILAND, 1945-09. MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WHEN AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND DUTCH ...

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Accession Number 100960
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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NAKOM PATON, THAILAND, 1945-09. MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN WHEN AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND DUTCH PRISONERS OF WAR WERE RECOVERED. VISIBLE ON THE SOLDIERS ARE SIGNS OF MALNUTRITION AND BERI BERI. THEY ALSO SUFFERED FROM MALARIA AND DYSENTERY. SOME HAD BEEN AT NIKI NIKI, TAMUAN AS WELL AS NAKOM PATON.