| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 118858 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Maker |
Stuckey, Norman Bradford |
| Place made | Burma Thailand Railway: Nakom Paton |
| Date made | 19 September 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the ...
Description
Chronically ill patients whose health broke down in the Burma and Thailand jungle during the construction of the railway. Most of the men have been patients in Ward 19 of Nakom Paton Hospital for over 12 months. Identified lying on a bed, second from front, is VX44305 Corporal (Cpl) Charles Augustine Howard, 2/29 Battalion. Cpl Howard enlisted in 1940 and fought in Singapore and Malaya before being taken prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese. He was repatriated to Australia in November 1945. (For a comparative photograph of Cpl Howard before his experience as a prisoner of war, see photograph P09984.001).