SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKEN PRISONER-OF-WAR (POW) AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE ...

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Accession Number 134903
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF BRITISH SOLDIERS TAKEN PRISONER-OF-WAR (POW) AFTER THE SURRENDER OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN MALAYA ON 1942-02-15. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS REPRODUCED IN A JAPANESE PROPAGANDA MAGAZINE ENTITLED "HOME" WHICH CAME INTO THE POSSESSION OF NX25802 PRIVATE F. A. IRVING, 2/19TH INFANTRY BATTALION, WHILE HE WAS A PRISONER-OF-WAR IN SINGAPORE. (DONOR: PRIVATE F. A. IRVING).