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  • 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

  • Ayer Hitam, Malaya, 21 January 1942 Ayer Hitam, Malaya, 21 January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-21

    image recto: A sketch drawn from the artist's canvas bed with his legs in the lower right of the composition. There is a pile of fruit, including a pineapple, at the bottom of the bed, and a large bunch of bananas on the floor to his left. A mosquito net...

  • Yong Peng, Malaya, January 1942 verso: Taruer, Thailand May 1943 Yong Peng, Malaya, January 1942 verso: Taruer, Thailand May 1943

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

    image recto: A sketch of a ruined village on the Bakri - Yong Peng road showing smoking debris, a wooden bridge and wooden huts and houses in the background. image verso: A pencil and ink sketch titled 'Taruer, Thailand, May 1943'. A woman sitting behind...

  • A Malay, Between Konyu and Tonchan, August 1943 A Malay, Between Konyu and Tonchan, August 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943-08-01

    image: A man wearing a Malay headdress, shirt and sarong, holding a hoe in both hands. Two small sketches of the head of a elderly bearded Indian and a figure carrying a basket on his head. Thre is a sketch of a head superimposed on the main image at...

  • In the Jungle - Prisoners Cooking Rice, Thailand 1943 In the Jungle - Prisoners Cooking Rice, Thailand 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943

    image: A sketch showing the preparation of rice by camp inmates. Three large shallow pans are balanced over clay 'ovens' with a fire under each one. The central figure stirs the centre pan with a large wooden paddle. To his left, three figures carry...

  • In the Jungle - Japanese Cook, Thailand 1943 In the Jungle - Japanese Cook, Thailand 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943

    image: A small sketch of a corpulent Japanese cook wearing a singlet and loin cloth, with a cloth wrapped around his head.

  • In the Jungle - Japanese Cooking Rice, Siam 1943 In the Jungle - Japanese Cooking Rice, Siam 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943

    image: A sketch of a Japanese cook wearing a head-cloth and a loin-cloth with wooden sandals on his feet. He bends forward, stirring a cauldron with a large wooden paddle, feeding the fire under the cauldron simultaneously. Another cauldron sits...

  • In the Jungle: Japanese Cooks, 1943 In the Jungle: Japanese Cooks, 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1943

    image: Two small sketches of Japanese camp cooks. One standing with his left leg bent and his arms folded, wearing a head- cloth and a loin-cloth; the other similarly clothed and corpulent, standing by a large pot. image verso: Fragments of an ink sketch...

  • Chinese Fisherman Wading, Singapore, July 1944 Chinese Fisherman Wading, Singapore, July 1944

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1944

    image: A fisherman standing thigh-deep in water in the foreground, a fishing pole and net held over his shoulders. He wears a broad-brimmed straw hat, a shirt and rolled up trousers. To his left, floating in the water, are two large bowls, ready for the...

  • A Durian Tree, Changi Gaol Gardens, Singapore, 18 August 1944 A Durian Tree, Changi Gaol Gardens, Singapore, 18 August 1944

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1944

    image: A view of the lower trunk of a durian tree, with branches growing out at odd angles.