Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

River scene with boats, trees and hills.

ART91821

Art

Maker: Meninsky, Philip

An artificial leg made from bamboo from Chungkai, Thailand in a hospital within a prisoner of war camp working to build the Burma- Thailand Railway.

ART90864

Private Record

Maker: Ashby, Hugh King

Collection relating to Hugh Ashby during the Second World War. Collection includes a memoir written by Ashby documenting his capture by the Japanese in Singapore after he joined the Straits Settlment...

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Private Record

Maker: Bailey, Eric Albert

Autograph card from Anzac Day Service held at Chunkai POW Camp in 1945, signed by those present (NB Some signatures carry a 1st AIF unit next to the signature).

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Art

Maker: Meninsky, Philip

Various medical equipment from Chungkai, Thailand in a hospital within a prisoner of war camp working to build the Burma-Thailand Railway.

ART90867

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Depicts a POW at Chungkai (Kao Poon) in Thailand, a large hospital camp for sick or dying POWs. In this case it is evident that the gastrointestinal system is affected as the patient exhibits a disten...

ART90856

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

In the foreground is a figure carrying water, and to the left is the Chungkai Theatre made from bamboo and attap (palm leaf). It was built in a natural amphitheatre, with a dug-out orchestra pit, and ...

ART91826

Photograph

CHUNGKAI, BURMA - THAILAND RAILWAY. THE CAST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT "WONDER BAR" (A PLAY ON THE GERMAN WORD WUNDERBAR) ON THE STAGE AT A CAMP THEATRE. ALL MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE COLOURING MATERIALS FO...

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Photograph

Chungkai, Burma - Thailand Railway. 1944-05-19.The cast of "Wonder Bar" (a play on the German word wunderbar) lined up on stage at a camp theatre. The play ran over two days, 1944-05-19 and 1944-05-20...

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Photograph

Chungkai (Kao Poon), Thailand. c. October 1945. Lieutenant G. H. Schroder, Netherlands East Indies Army, a ex-prisoner of war (POW) member of a War Graves Commission survey party, standing in a bund, ...

P00761.019

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

The operating theatre at Chungkai prisoner of war camp hospital during the building of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the fall of ...

ART90842

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

This drawing depicts the Chungkai Theatre building and the surrounding trees. The artist has notated the drawing to mark: Havelock Road, Tamarkan, and Chungkai Theatre (bamboo & attap). This drawing w...

ART91825

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Two doctors, with two assistants, operating in the hospital theatre at Chungkai. The theatre was a small area of about twelve square feet within a bamboo and attap hut lined with old green mosquito ne...

ART91848

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

A cookhouse and surgical ward in Chungkai prisoner of war camp hospital during the building of the Burma-Thailand Railway. Jack Chalker was serving in the Royal Artillery when he was captured at the ...

ART90843

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Designs for women's costumes. Verso: eight sketches for women's costumes and hats.

ART91827

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Ten designs for women's costumes and hats. Verso: fifteen designs for costumes and hats.

ART91829

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Four sketches for women's costumes, and sketch of arm with glove on double page of sketchbook. Verso: figure in blue frock and hat on back of envelope addressed to Captain Markowitz.

ART91828

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Four finished sketches of wigs; two less finished. Verso: case numbers list.

ART91830

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Graveyard with crosses, huts, trees and background hills.

ART91819

Art

Maker: Chalker, Jack

Soldiers dressing ulcers in the prisoner of war camp, Chungkai, Burma-Thailand Railway. Even small cuts and scratches could turn into gaping and stinking tropical ulcers, caused by bacteria in the soi...

ART90839