P04641.035 Accession Number: P04641.035

Description

Entrance to Compound A showing a guard house and barbed wire perimeter fence at Nonsan prisoner of war (POW) camp, which housed North Korean POWs. This photograph is one of a series taken by the Australian Mr Douglas (Doug) Bushby in his capacity as a UN accredited War Correspondent. Mr Bushby devoted much of his time to relief and missionary work amongst Korean refugees, orphans and North Korean and Chinese prisoners of war.

Details

Accession Number
P04641.035
Photographer
Donald Douglas George Bushby
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Transparency
Physical Description
Format: 35mm
Date Made
1953
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Bushby
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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