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• I. A Ward in the Chungkai Hospital

  (art) Made by: Chalker, Jack Bridger

  image: The interior of a hospital ward of a prisoner-of-war camp. There are two rows of basic-looking beds, one row on the left and one on the right. Thin, severely malnutritioned men sit on these beds, with one man standing between the rows of beds in...

• View from the Graveyard looking North, Kanyu River Camp

  (art) Made by: Chalker, Jack Bridger 1942

  image: A pen and ink drawing of a view looking up to hills and mountains in the distance. A low cane fence runs along the bottom of the composition, and beyond this the land is ense with shribbery and grassland. There appears to be a river running down...

• IV. Unloading Sick and Dead From Up-country Working Camps and Chungkai Base Hospital Camp

  (art) Made by: Chalker, Jack Bridger

  image: Prisoners-of-war, supervised by soldiers, unload stretchers carrying dead and sick prisoners from small boats, which are visible on the left.

• The Church of England Church and Cemetery, Kanyu River Camp, Nov 1942

  (art) Made by: Chalker, Jack Bridger 1942

  image: A rough pen and ink drawing of a makeshift outdoor cemetery and church. There are several marked graves in the left, and a cleared space with wooden benches on the right; both are enclosed by a low wooden fence. The river lies beyond. There are...

• Kiirung, Formosa : the exterior of a Japanese prison camp

  (art) Made by: Morris, James 1945-09-01

  image: Japanese soldiers take British soldiers on an inspection of a Prisoner of War camp. Long, low, dilapidated wooden huts stand either side of the group. In the foreground is a small garden. The camp is surrounded by a high wooden fence which runs...

• 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.

  (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

• Chinese heads on poles in Singapore

  (art) Made by: Rawlings, Leo

  image: the severed heads of three Chinese men placed on the end of tall wooden poles on the side of a road. A few people walk along the side of the road towards the viewer with a wheeled vehicle moving in the opposite direction. Buildings and a flag pole...

• Spastic paraplegia

  (art) Made by: Rawlings, Leo

  image: a full-length portrait of a thin prisoner-of-war wearing only shorts and shoes, with a leg support on his left leg. He is re-learning to walk after a long illness.

• Bridge over the River Kwai

  (art) Made by: Rawlings, Leo 1943

  image: four prisoners-of-war carry are large log across the River Kwai, waist deep in water. Behind and above them the wooden struts of the bridge are visible, with hills in the background.