AWM Collection Record: P01433.021

AWM image P01433.021

ID Number: P01433.021
Place made: Asia
Date made: c August 1945
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Burma or Thailand. 1945. An emaciated Dutch prisoner of war (POW), Sergeant J P Fortuin showing the effects of general debility post dysentery and exhaustion from beri beri typical of the condition of many of the Allied prisoners of the Japanese at the end of the war. (Donor B. Theobald)
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related subject: Beri-beri; Burma Thailand Railway; Nutrition; Prisoners of war
Related place: Burma Thailand Railway
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:41:13 GMT

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