AWM Collection Record: P01433.032

AWM image P01433.032

ID Number: P01433.032
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Thailand. 1945. The Korean Guard, `The Mad Mongrel', a member of the Japanese Imperial Army and a guard much hated by Allied prisoners of war (POWs) working on the Burma-Thailand railway. He was sentenced to death and executed for brutal treatment of POWs. (Donor B. Theobald)
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Copyright holder: Copyright Expired
Related subject: Guard duty; Portraits; Prisoners of war; War criminals
Related unit: Burma Thailand Railway; Imperial Japanese Army
Related place: Burma Thailand Railway; Korea
Related conflict: Second World War, 1939-1945

Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:19 GMT

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