Baseball bats, iron piping and axe handles used as weapons by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) ...

Accession Number P02818.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Cowra
Date made 5 August 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Baseball bats, iron piping and axe handles used as weapons by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) found in and around the Cowra POW camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the morning on 5 August 1944. 231 Japanese POWs and four Australian soldiers were killed during the escape. (Donor Defence Public Relations)

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