The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this was completely untrue. There was no separate accommodation for the sick, except such as the prisoners could build for themselves. Shown here is a Dutch prisoner of war (POW), Corporal J. Fokkans (partially obscured), suffering from Amoebic dysentery and a weight loss from his normal 10 stone 5 lbs to 6 stone 4 lbs.
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
Bakli Bay, Hainan Island. c. 28 August 1945. Although the Japanese had directed that all sick and debilitated were to be take to Hainan from Ambon as hospital facilities would be available there, this
