Inscription verso- 'A certain number of men regardless of condition picked(?) out for heavy labour - 15 hrs at a stretch - Be Beri - malaria - (illeg) exhaustion - ulcers - exhaustion - dystentery - quite (ille Art.IWMART1574779

Autor:

Ronald Searle

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http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//182/media-182875/large.jpg

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inscription verso: 'A certain number of men regardless of condition picked[?] out for heavy labour - 15 hrs at a

stretch - Be Beri - malaria - [illeg] exhaustion - ulcers - exhaustion - dystentery - quite [illeg]. Death frequently occurred at work. RS [and artists stamp in red ink]
image: A scene in Konyu camp showing two lines of Prisoners of War in very poor physical condition, three showing the swollen legs of beri-beri. Two Japanese guards, one reading roll-call aloud from a list, stand to the left of the composition. The thatched roofs of the camp huts and jungle trees can be seen upper background. inscription verso: 'A certain number of men regardless of condition picked[?] out for heavy labour - 15 hrs at a stretch - Be Beri - malaria - [illeg] exhaustion - ulcers - exhaustion - dystentery - quite [illeg]. Death frequently occurred at work. RS [and artists stamp

in red ink]

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