A British officer (left) and sergeant (right) supporting the hooded dead body of an executed ...

Accession Number P04279.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1946
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 British officer (left) and sergeant (right) supporting the hooded dead body of an executed Japanese war criminal. The two are standing on a platform immediately below the gallows which had provision for multiple simultaneous executions (note the released trapdoor at rear). The photographer captioned his original print "All Over."

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