Group portrait of Allied prisoner of war (POW) doctors and senior officers, believed to be in ...

Accession Number	P03541.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Print
Maker	Unknown
Place made	Japan: Kyushu-chiho
Date made	c 18 August 1945
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of Allied prisoner of war (POW) doctors and senior officers, believed to be in Fukuoka Camp No 7B, with the Japanese camp commander and guards. Identified, left to right, front row: unidentified RAF doctor; unidentified Dutch doctor; Flight Lieutenant R R McSwiney, RAF doctor; Japanese camp commander with ceremonial family sword (probably Tsuyoshi Sakai); Squadron Leader (later Air Commodore) McCarthy, RAF; Dutch doctor Lieutenant 1 Alidus Theodorus Groot Wesseldijk; unidentified British Warrant Officers. Second row: unidentified Japanese guard; two unidentified British Chief Petty Officers; two unidentified Japanese guards. Back row: six unidentified Japanese guards. Note that a number of the POWs are wearing rank insignia, which they were previously forbidden to wear.