P04017.010 Accession Number: P04017.010

Description

Group portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) from Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. Identified from left to right: SX11406 Lieutenant (Lt) Kenneth Rogers Robertson, Coastal Artillery, Royal Australian Artillery (RAA) from Fort Largo, South Australia; SX11407 Captain Stewart Gordon Nottage, Coastal Artillery, RAA from Woodville, South Australia; TX6041 Major James Rowland Purcell Clark, Coastal Artillery, RAA from Hobart, Tasmania; TX6042 Lt Stanley Hilton Cooper, Coast Artillery, RAA from Hobart; and TX6043 Lt Albert Arthur Chandler, Fortress Engineers, Royal Australian Engineers from Fort Pierson, Tasmania. Most of the men in the camp were Allied officers captured in the early battles of 1942. The camp was a 'show camp' used by the Japanese for propaganda purposes, but after 1942 conditions worsened. These five POWs were captured at Rabaul, New Britain.

Details

Accession Number
P04017.010
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c July 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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