Description
SINGAPORE, EARLY MARCH 1942. POW WORKING PARTY SALVAGING EQUIPMENT FROM THE BATTLEFIELD AROUND THE JURONG ROAD OR CHOA CHU KANG ROAD AREA. THIS PARTY WAS COMMANDED BY SGT SHIMEZU (?) WHO BELONGED TO A JAPANESE TRANSPORT UNIT FROM OSAKA. THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN BY A JAPANESE SOLDIER WITH A CAMERA SOUVENIRED AFTER THE FALL OF SINGAPORE. L TO R SX9612 PTE. R.C. HOLBERTON, 8TH DIVISION AMMUNITION SUB. PARK; AHMED, INDIAN FORCED LABOURER, SGT SHIMEZU, JAPANESE TRANSPORT UNIT, SX10653 W.O. 2 S.G. BARBER, 8TH DIVISION AMMUNITION SUB. PARK. LENT BY S.G. BARBER.
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Accession Number
P00078.001
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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