The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. The Dutch Hospital latrine with its bottles of water used in place of toilet paper. The Dutch insisted on bringing these latrines into the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp Hospital, and they consequently attracted more flies and made meal times a horror.
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. The Dutch latrine in one of the coolie barracks which housed Allied prisoners of war (POWs), (including members of the 2/21st Australian Infantry Battalion
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. The Dutch officers' ward at the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp Hospital. At left, is a Dutch POW and, right, Major Peiffer, the Dutch Senior Medical Offi
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Sergeant Visser, Dutch Medical Orderly, in the limited pharmacy at the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp Hospital.
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Major Peiffer (left), Dutch Senior Medical Officer, and Lieutenant Walker, of the US Office of Strategic Services, in the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. The badly holed corrugated iron roof of the Bakli prisoner of war (POW) Camp Hospital through which rain would pour during the wet season.
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Lieutenant Brakey of the US Office of Strategic Services, giving plasma to a skeletal Dutch prisoner of war (POW) in the POW Camp Hospital.
