The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Various footwear is on a table and a crying face is above the words 'Siesta hour'. These drawings were done while Gunther was a P.O.W. The artist would sell her drawings in order to get money to buy food on the black market. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 500 civilian internees, mainly British and Dutch women and children, the nurses occupied the Palembang camp from September 1943 to November 1944. Remarkably, during her imprisonment Gunther was able to produce a number of small drawings, depicting the nurses' experiences in captivity, which she sold to buy food on the black market.
A guard box and empty seat surrounded by a barbed wire fence. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 500 civilian internee
Various sketches of sewing equipment such as scissors and needles. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 500 civilian int
A small house and surrounding trees with the words 'House 8' in the lower right. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 50
Interior of hut occupied by AANS nurses who were prisoners of war in Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 500 civilian i
The left side of a nun walking is beside the words 'Dutch nun at the camp hospital'. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximatel
Depicts a sketch of a Javanese man squatting. Gunther was one of 32 Australian nurses who became prisoners of the Japanese in Sumatra. Together with approximately 500 civilian internees, mainly Britis
