The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The artist's first bamboo and attap hut at Konyu River Camp in November 1942. When the prisoners first arrived in Thailand, they were forced to march into the jungle to reach the campsites on the railway. Often the ill and exhausted men had first to consruct the bamboo and attap huts they would live in before starting work on the railway itself. The flimsy hut was subjected to monsoon rains, mud & wind. Verso: sketch of a hut upper right; rough map upper left; printed image: small camouflaged motor car, man taking readings from theodolyte, and man taking notes.
Seated figure in artist's hut looking out towards other hut interiors. The huts were one metre width per man. Chalker lived in the upper part of the hut, alive with bed bugs and lice. The hut was in H
Two men in Konyu River Camp. Chalker became a Japanese Prisoner of War when Singapore fell in 1942. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of Singapore. In
2nd page in a sketchbook of 42 pages of pencil drawings, diary entries and artist's notes. Upper recto: artist's notes; lower recto: the right half of a seascape of the Persian Gulf with vessels and s
Depicts a detailed study of one of the huts inside the camp and a view into its interior. On the right side of the hut appear to be bird cages hanging from the huts eaves and articles of clothing hang
Depicts the tents in the encampment on the Greek Island Imbros. Horace Jones was born c.1868 at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire, England. He arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, with his family probably in
British Second World War cautionary poster. During the war, it was important to have each work-age individual available for work. This poster provides advice on first aid in cases of serious injury.
