The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. Two former Javanese prisoners of war (POWs) who were employed by the Japanese as labourers building roads at Biak Island are assisted to walk by a US soldier. Some were too weak from starvation and ill treatment to work and some died in their huts but the Japanese would not allow them to bury their dead. When rescued by the Allies they had been without food for four days.
Dutch New Guinea. Javanese prisoners of war (POWs) who were employed by the Japanese as labourers building roads at Biak Island hold out their hands for food. Eventually they were too weak from starva
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
Philippines. Nearly 2,000 Filipino evacuees came into the American lines following the invasion of Leyte Island in the Philippines. Some had not eaten for two or three days and were in a bad condition
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-09-11. THE FIRST BATCH OF JAPANESE PRISONERS TO ARRIVE AT BALIKPAPAN. NUMBERING ABOUT 400 THEY WERE BROUGHT TO BROWN BEACH BY LCM'S (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) FROM THE HEADWAT
KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A GROUP OF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THEY REFLECT THE ILL TREATMENT METED OUT BY THE JAPANESE. SOME ARE TOO WEAK TO STAND. TH
KUMUIA YAMA, RABAUL AREA, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-09-17. A GROUP OF INDIAN TROOPS AT THE INDIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THEY REFLECT THE ILL TREATMENT METED OUT BY THE JAPANESE. SOME ARE TOO WEAK TO STAND. TH
