Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. 1945. All these men are wearing artificial limbs made in the camp ...

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Accession Number 019327
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Changi Prison Camp, Singapore. 1945. All these men are wearing artificial limbs made in the camp by NX67447 Warrant Officer Arthur Henry Mason Purdon, 2/30th Battalion of East Maitland, NSW. The men are in good spirits and are glad that they will soon be on their way home. Left to right: NX33254 Private Max Bradford of Sydney, NSW, a member of the 2/20th Battalion; VX36959 Lance Corporal Jack Campbell of Apollo Bay, Vic; WX16376 Private Steve Gleeson of Mundijong, WA, a member of the 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion; NX41338 Alex McKenzie, of Boggabri, NSW, a member of the 2/30th Battalion.