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  • Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943 Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943-07-26

    image: A study of the head and shoulders of a sick and emaciated man lying in a bed. He is covered with a blanket, and his head is resting on a backpack.

  • Ashmore, Brenton Haliburton (IWM interview) Ashmore, Brenton Haliburton (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1982-09-20

    British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots in Ireland, 1920-1921; served as staff officer with Headquarters, British Forces in Shanghai, China, 1938-1940; served as staff officer with Headquarters, Malaya in Singapore, Malaya, 1940-1942

  • Singapore: Limbless Officers and Men Checking Out from Changi Gaol Singapore: Limbless Officers and Men Checking Out from Changi Gaol

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1946

    image: A group of men, all with amputated legs or arms, line up at a table. Many are using crutches, and a female nurse is there to assist. Behind them are prisoner of war huts, and there are piles of white kit bags to the left and right.

  • Singapore: The cookhouse, Changi Gaol. British POW's prepare their main meal of rice. Singapore: The cookhouse, Changi Gaol. British POW's prepare their main meal of rice.

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1946

    image: Interior of a FEPOW cookhouse showing emaciated men stirring rice soaking in enamel baths, with other men carrying heavy iron pans filled with rice

  • Dead Indian Soldier Near Paya Lebar, Singapore, 1942 Dead Indian Soldier Near Paya Lebar, Singapore, 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942

    image recto: A dead soldier wearing a backpack and still holding his rifle in his outstretched hand. He lies face down with his knees tucked under him. image verso: Sketch lines in blue ink.

  • Chinese Refugee Sitting, Malaya, January 1942 Chinese Refugee Sitting, Malaya, January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

    image recto: A sketch of a female Chinese refugee sitting on the ground. She is wearing a square brimmed hat, tunic and trousers and wooden sandals. image verso: Part of an ink sketch of a man sitting on the ground talking to another who is lying on the...

  • Chinese Refugee Squatting, Malaya, January 1942 Chinese Refugee Squatting, Malaya, January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

    image recto: A sketch of a Chinese refugee sitting on his haunches. He is wearing a conical hat, tunic, trousers and wooden sandals. image verso: A rough ink sketch of a soldier aiming a gun and standing behind barbed wire.

  • Chinese Sheltering from Jap Bombs, Malaya, January 1942 Chinese Sheltering from Jap Bombs, Malaya, January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

    image recto: A sketch of a Chinese refugee sitting on the ground next to a basket, looking up at the sky. He wears a conical hat and wooden sandals. image verso: An ink sketch of a Chinese refugee walking along with a pole on his shoulder, with two heavy...

  • Chinese Refugees, Malaya, January 1942 Chinese Refugees, Malaya, January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

    image recto: A group of three Chinese refugees - a man, a woman and a child. The man is sitting on the ground, his arms around the child who stands between the his legs. Tthe woman, who wears a headscarf, is squatting on the ground next to a large water...

  • Naval Base Camp, Singapore, Shortly After Arrival, 14 January 1942 Naval Base Camp, Singapore, Shortly After Arrival, 14 January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-01

    image recto: A sketch of a soldier lying on a bed, his head propped on a pile of blankets, and his legs crossed. He is smoking a pipe. A pair of boots lie under the bed, and a mosquito net hangs above him. A palm tree can be seen through a window set...

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