P02289.003 Accession Number: P02289.003

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Qld. c. 1941. Studio portrait of QX9538 Warrant Officer William Hector Sticpewich, 8th Division Australian Army Service Corps (AASC). Sticpewich was captured at Singapore on 1942-02-17 and later escaped from the Sandakan to Ranau (British North Borneo) death march in 1945-07. He supplied eyewitness accounts of Japanese mistreatment and torture and was instrumental in the conviction of several Japanese guards at the Tokyo war crimes trials. (Donor C. Sticpewich)

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Accession Number
P02289.003
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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