| Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2018.307.1 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 26 x 18.6 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | c. 1942-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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not titled [drawings from Changi]
Description
NX46619 Lance Corporal John Donald Korsch served in Malaya with 8 Australian Division, 2/30th Australian Infantry Battalion and was a POW in Singapore, Burma and Thailand. While in captivity he produced a number of pencil drawings providing insights into his experience.
Recto:
Includes four (4) images, activities perhaps relating to the construction of the Changi airfield. Top left: A man squatting down with his back to the viewer. At work, he wears a hat and with his right arm raised pulls back a hammer (used to crush rocks?). Top right: Two men, utilising traditional bamboo carrying poles to share the weight of a heavy load, move piles of rocks between sites. Bottom left: A farming cart, with a load of rocks(?) on it. Bottom right: a scene of eight men working on laying stone in a field.
Verso:
Four portraits of four men. Top left depicts Mr Stockwitch(?), 176 Murphy Street, Richmond VIC, 18 (?) Yrs. Bottom left depicts a man named "Ghandi", and bottom right depicts C. H. Williams.