A column of British and Australian prisoners of war marching through the streets. The column is ...

Place Asia: Korea
Accession Number 041107
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Unknown
Place made Korea: Pusan, Korea: Pusan
Date made 25 October 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A column of British and Australian prisoners of war marching through the streets. The column is headed by a member of the Japanese Security Police (the Kenpeitai) followed by a Korean guard. The allied troops had been captured at the fall of Singapore and transported to Korea on the Japanese prison ship Fukkai Maru.