CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE ...

CHANGI, SINGAPORE, 1942-09-04. AIF AND BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AT SELARANG BARRACKS. THE PHOTOGRAPH, A GENERAL VIEW OF THE WESTERN END OF BARRACK SQUARE, WAS SECRETLY TAKEN BY AN AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR DURING HIS PERIOD OF CAPTIVITY BY THE JAPANESE IN MALAYA AND CONCEALED IN THE FALSE BOTTOM OF A WATER BOTTLE WHICH WAS LATER PRESENTED TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. A MOTORLESS AMBULANCE AND WATER TANK WAGGON ARE IN LEFT FOREGROUND. IN THE RIGHT MIDDLE DISTANCE ARE LATRINE PITS IN USE BY BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR. THIS IMAGE WAS NUMBER 7 IN A SERIES MARKETED BY THE FAR EAST PICTURE COMPANY AND ORIGINATING FROM THE RABAUL WAR CRIMES TRIALS. (A POORER IMAGE IS HELD AT 132940)