"A hospital ward in Singapore showing members of the 8th Division released from the Changi ...

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Accession Number 019199
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Singapore
Date made July 1945
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 hospital ward in Singapore showing members of the 8th Division released from the Changi Prisoner-of War camp at Singapore. All were suffering from malnutrition. Nearest Camera T. Chiplin of Cardiff, S. Wales, F. V. Wart of London, Pte. A. J. Campbell of Hay, N.S.W., Sgt. J. A. Damen of Leidergara, N.S.W., Pte. G. W. Rogers of Scarborough, England, Sgt. W. J. Brown of Wales, G. C. Twysel of Java. AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTO). " (Official caption supplied by the Department of Information Photographer: 1945.) Suggested alternative identifications of people and place were previously added to this caption. They have been removed as they conflict with the original 1945 identifications and are unverifiable.