Description
Group portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Robin J Connibear, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), HMS Encounter (left), and NX35101 Captain (Capt) Sandy Edwin John Robertson, Australian Army Medical Corps from Bellevue Hill, NSW. Lt Connibear was captured by the Japanese in the Java Sea, and Capt Robertson was captured at Rabaul, New Britain. They were both prisoners of war (POWs) in Zentsuji Camp, Shikoku, Osaka, Japan. 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.
Details
Accession Number
P04017.062
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Donor H McCallum
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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