Prisoners of War

The Selarang Barracks, Singapore, crowded by the Japanese with — 17,000 prisoners of war because they had refused to sign pledges — not to escape

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Black and white photograph of crowd of men and vehicles between burnt out buildings

The Selarang Barracks, Singapore, crowded by the Japanese with
17,000 prisoners of war because they had refused to sign pledges
not to escape

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Title: Prisoners of War

Author: Mason, W. Wynne

Editor: Howard Karl Kippenberger

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1954, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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