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Accession Number | 118864 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Stuckey, Norman Bradford |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Nakom Paton, Thailand. 19 September 1945. Japanese lined up after being identified by Australian ...
Description
Nakom Paton, Thailand. 19 September 1945. Japanese lined up after being identified by Australian ex-prisoners of war (POWs) at the Nakom Paton POW hospital camp. They are being identified as those who ill treated POWs in working camps. In January 1944, using POW and native labour, the Japanese began the construction of this major POW hospital for the chronically ill and amputees at Nakom Paton, on the main Singapore-Thailand railway, fifty six kilometres west of Bangkok. Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Coates, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) was appointed as Chief Medical Officer. At its peak the camp contained 7,353 POWs.