The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
NEW GUINEA. THIS JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) WAS LEFT BEHIND BY HIS COMRADES TO DIE WHEN THEY EVACUATED THE SANGA RIVER AREA. HE WAS TOO WEAK TO KEEP UP WITH THE RETREATING ARMY. AT REAR HEADQUARTERS FOOD AND WATER WAS PROVIDED BUT SOME OF THE JAPANESE WERE TOO WEAK TO FEED THEMSELVES. THEY WERE TAKEN TO A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION WHERE THEY RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
New Guinea. This Japanese prisoner of war (POW) was left behind by his comrades when they evacuated the Sanga River area. He was too weak to keep up with the retreating army. At Rear Headquarters food
New Guinea. This Japanese prisoner of war (POW) was left behind by his comrades when they evacuated the Sanga River area. He was too weak to keep up with the retreating army. At Rear Headquarters food
New Guinea. 5 June 1944. Two US soldiers assist emaciated Javanese prisoner of war (POW) who has a cigarette in his mouth towards shelter and food. His thin legs could not support his frail and naked
New Guinea. Many Japanese were found by our troops in the Sanga River area as they pursued the Japanese who had been obliged to evacuate their positions in a hurry. During their retreat the Japanese l
Unidentified soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), are assisting US Army soldiers to walk through heavy snow to receive medical attention. Wounded and weak through la
British North Borneo. 25 June 1945. Two Javanese, brought to Borneo by the Japanese more than a year ago to be used for coolie labour, becoming too weak to work were taken out into the jungle to fend
