| Place | Asia: Malaya |
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| Accession Number | AWM2019.798.8.13.1 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
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| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
NX27998 Lance Bombardier Richard Arthur Howse. Lance Bombardier Howse became a prisoner of war ...
Description
NX27998 Lance Bombardier Richard Arthur Howse. Lance Bombardier Howse became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese and was one of hundreds of Australian and British prisoners of war selected to move from camps in Thailand to Japan aboard the Rakuyo Maru. He died on 13 September 1944 after the Rakuyo Maru was sunk by a US submarine on 12 September 1944.
This image is from an album which is part of a collection of objects related to the service of the Sachs brothers during the Second World War; NX9629 Lieutenant (Lt) John Fritz Sachs MM, NX163744 Gnr Thomas Sachs and NX10979 Gnr Peter Sachs.