The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Rabaul, New Guinea, 1945-10. A long thatch-roofed hut stands on the shores of a bay at a former Japanese prisoner-of-war (POW) camp for captured Indian soldiers of the 1st Hyderabad Regiment. A flagpole made from a sapling stands at centre, while spelled out on the ground in front of it in seashells or white stones are the words: '1st Hyderabad'. Several Australian soldiers, members of a recovery party which is in the process of liberating the camp and its inmates from the Japanese, are standing on guard at the rear of the flagpole.
Rabaul, New Britain, 1945-10. A row of huts stands among tropical palm trees at a former Japanese prisoner-of-war (POW) camp for captured Indian soldiers from the Punjab. The huts, roofed with matting
Near Hanover, Germany. 17 April 1945. British soldiers watching the inmates of Belsen concentration camp collecting water. The inmates had not received clean, fresh water for months prior to the Briti
Imjin River area, Korea, 1951-10. Large numbers of ammunition boxes are stacked up as F Echelon builds up supplies at the Battalion Headquarters for the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3
Near Hanover, Germany. 17 April 1945. Two men, inmates of Belsen concentration camp collecting clean drinking water from a hole in a pipe. Clean water and food had not been provided to the inmates for
Korea, c. 1950-10. A pony hitched to a cart or wagon laden with household goods stands on a dirt road in a Korean village. The pony and cart probably belong to the family group on the side of the road
ENGLAND. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS IN THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND. ON A HOT AFTERNOON DIGGERS ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO REST IN THE GARDEN OF A LOCAL COUPLE. THE THATCH ROOFED COTTAGE IS 400 YEARS OLD.
