Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel J M Williams, Commanding Officer, 2/2nd Australian ...

Accession Number 030391/10
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Williams, John Munslow
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Java, Batavia
Date made June 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

Informal portrait of Lieutenant Colonel J M Williams, Commanding Officer, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion,in the Officers' Compound at the Bicycle Camp after his release from the Kenpeitai (Japanese Military Police). He is shown with the beard which grew while in captivity as a result of not being permitted to shave.