019391 Accession Number: 019391

Description

Group portrait of seven Australian former prisoners of war (POWs) at the Notogawa POW camp. These men of the 8th Division were captured when Singapore fell in 1942. Identified from left to right: VX27725 Corporal Donald Flattley McRae, 2/29 Battalion from Surrey Hills, Victoria; QX24116 Private (Pte) Arthur Vokes, 8th Division Army Postal Service from Buranda, Queensland; VX41478 Pte Hugh Robertson Murdoch, 2/29 Battalion from Malvern, Victoria; VX32723 Driver Walter James McCormack, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company from Ivanhoe, Victoria; VX35638 Pte Arthur Edward Whatley, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company from Donald, Victoria; VX43129 Pte Malcolm Webster from Fitzroy, Victoria; VX34369 Pte Leonard John McRae, 2/10 Australian Field Company from Chelsea, Victoria.

Details

Accession Number
019391
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Support: Acetate
Date Made
September 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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