The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Two Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) at the 1st Australian Compound at Morotai, making souvenirs. On the table before them are money boxes made from coconuts.
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. General view of the 1st Australian Compound for Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) at Morotai. Two Japanese POWs are filling buckets and petrol cans with water. Note th
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Washing facilities are provided at the 1st Australian prisoners of war (POWs) compound at Morotai, for Japanese prisoners. A Japanese POW is shown boiling his shirt w
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) regularly have physical culture at the 1st Australian Compound at Morotai. They are allowed to carry out Judo (a form of Jui-Jitsu) f
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. One of the two wards where Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) hospital patients are cared for at the 1st Australian Compound at Morotai. They receive the same food as t
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Japanese prisoner of war (POW) cooks make national dishes for their fellow POWs in the 1st Australian Compound at Morotai.
Morotai, Halmahera Islands. 1945. Sydney Daily Telegraph artist "Wep" (W E Pidgeon) (back right) was among spectators at an exhibition of Judo (a form of Jui-Jitsu) by Japanese prisoners of war (POW
