The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This party of prisoners-of-war in Japanese hands in Changi POW Camp, are seen carting coconut tree logs into camp for firewood. The logs have been cut just outside the camp by troops of the Australian Forestry group.
Australian prisoners-of-war, 8th Australian Division Forestry Unit, unidentified men using crosscut saw and improvised saw horse to saw logs for firewood etc, Changi, Singapore.
Depicts Australian prisoners-of-war captured by the Japanese at Singapore, grubbing out rubber trees outside Changi Goal where they were quartered. The timber is used in the camp as firewood and for m
Members of working party hauling a trailer load of firewood. The trailer had been improvised from a truck chassis and pulled by manpower. The strength demanded by this task became beyond the reach of
A group of prisoners of war forming a working party, one carrying a fire bucket to provide fire or a light for cigarettes. A Japanese guard walks amongst them. The men not sent to the Burma-Thailand r
Three men from the 2 Australian Imperial Force cutting rubber tree logs with an axe for firewood. Providing firewood for the camp was one of the main activities for the prisoners, as without wood ther
Working party of men carrying buckets full of water on poles. The prisoners of Changi were required to undertake all chores for their survival within the camp, which meant work parties for water, fire
