World War 2, South West Pacific Theatre, Singapore, NX34723 CALLAGHAN, Prisoner of War Release, 1945
1939 - 1945Overview
Newspaper copy of pencil sketch of NX34723 Major General Cecil Arthur Callaghan, CB, CMG, DSO, VD on release as Prisoner of War.
Historical information
During the Pacific war, the Japanese captured 22,000 Australians: soldiers, sailors, airmen and members of the army nursing service, as well as some civilians. They were imprisoned in camps throughout Japanese-occupied territories in Borneo, Korea, Manchuria, Hainan, Rabaul, Ambon, Singapore, Timor, Java, Thailand, Burma and Vietnam and also Japan itself. At the end of the war only 13,872 of the POWs were recovered: one-third of the prisoners had died.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-99-124
Contextual information
Part of a series of sketches by war artist Tony Rafty which appeared in "The Mirror", Sydney on 20 October 1945
Year
Links to additional resources
Service Records [recordsearch.naa.gov.au]
Singapore to Taiwan [www.roll-of-honour.org.uk]
Last modified
Sunday, 28 June, 2026
Completeness
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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