Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army ...

Accession Number 030358/02
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Woods, Leonard Thomas
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. NX46703 Sergeant F. S. Bates, of the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), captured in Gull Force on Ambon, an inmate of the improvised hospital at the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp. He is suffering from beri-beri, malaria and starvation.