The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
In the background of this work are the Changi gaol buildings and in the foreground are the attap huts that housed POW officers, including Murray Griffin. Initially the AIF prisoners were housed at Selarang Barracks, but in mid 1944 they and all other Allied prisoners were moved to Changi gaol proper. The gaol was built to accommodate 600 men, but in the end almost 5,000 men were housed in this building. The Japanese supplied materials to build further accommodation around the gaol to house the rest of the prisoners. The AIF also moved some attap huts from Selarang which had been built for 'temporary' accommodation at the beginning of their captivity. Officers were quartered in these smaller huts. As a honorary officer, Griffin was housed in one of these huts with three other men, including two British ministers.
A scene of the Changi camp with kitchens built from scrap materials, huts built of split bamboo and attap roofs, and an improvised trailer for moving goods around camp. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,0
Interior of Changi gaol. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper, which was designed to accommodate 600 men. 5,000 men were eve
Living accommodation in Changi gaol. In the middle of 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper, which was designed to accommodate 6
This work depicts an interior view of a hut used for accommodation of Allied prisoners. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Selarang Barracks and surrounds had to move to Changi goal proper
Depicted is a prisoner hanging out washing with the concrete structure of Changi gaol in the background. Griffin captured the scene in October 1944. In 1944 all the POWs, some 10,000 men, held at Ser
Men relaxing outside an atap hut, which is made from split bamboo, with the sides of hut raised for ventilation in November 1944. The garden beds out the front are those of individual prisoners. In 1
