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JAP PRISON STARVATION CASES
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2007-03-5-8

Description

Photograph: JAP PRISON STARVATION CASES. Indian prisoners of war in Jap prison camps in Singapore lived on starvation rations for months. Occupying troops discovered grave cases of malnutrition and emaciation in most of the camps. Three thin and weak prisoners of war. L to R. - Sepoy CHANDU RAM, 2/10 Baluch Regiment, of Luccor Village, District Kangra; Sepoy DIN MOHD., Bengal Sappers and Miners, of Rurki, Saharanpur; and Sepoy WALI MOHD., 2/10 Baluch Regiment, of Togud, Luhiana. MAT./2617 Sept. ‘45. INTERSERVICES PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE (INDIA). SE 6998 Army Film and Photo Section SEAC. Dope Sheet SE 6997-6998. Mar 46. One of sixteen British Official photographs, 1945-1946. Mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Covers the period of Allied reoccupation of Singapore, repatriation of Japanese and release of Allied prisoners of war, 1945-1946. Associated with World War Two, Far East (1941-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)