Description
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)
Details
Accession Number
P02289.003
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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