The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Baseball bats, iron piping and axe handles used as weapons by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) found in and around the Cowra POW camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the morning on 5 August 1944. 231 Japanese POWs and four Australian soldiers were killed during the escape. (Donor Defence Public Relations)
Two saws made from sheet iron by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) found in and around the Cowra POW camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the morning on 5 August
A number of improvised weapons made by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) found in and around the Cowra POW camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the morning on 5
A baseball glove made of leather by Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) found in and around the Cowra POW camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the morning on 5 Aug
An Australian Army issue bayonet with blood on the point found near the northern gate of Cowra Prisoner of War (POW) Camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1100 POWs in the early hours of the mo
Baseball bats and poles used as improvised weapons found in and around B compound of the Cowra Prisoner of War (POW) camp immediately after the mass escape in the early hours of the morning on 5 Augus
Clothes and blankets, used as protection against the barbed wire, hanging over the perimeter fencing around B Compound of the Cowra Prisoner of War (POW) Camp immediately after the escape attempt by 1
