File:StanleyExecutionDWWaterton.jpg

Source: Imperial War Museum Online Collections

• ID Number: A 30558
• Item Name: THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939 - 1945
• Production Date: August - September 1945
• Access: Unrestricted
• Prisoners of war and internees at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong, who were tortured and executed by the Japanese, inscribed their names and dates of execution on their cell walls as a record. The photograph shows the inscription made by D W Waterton who was executed, possibly for constructing and using a radio.

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