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• Auction House:
  Bay East Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Art & Book Sale
• Sale Date:
  27 May 2012 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  288
• Lot Description:
  Tony Rafty
  (born 1915)
  Japanese P.O.W. in Hospital Ward Morotai (circa 1940s)
  ink
  signed 'TONY RAFTY' lower left; inscribed 'Jap POW in Hospital Ward Morotai / After seeing our boys of Ambon Is. / in a terrible condition / due to through [sic] starvation / and lack of medical / attention - my blood / Boiled!!!' lower centre; includes t
• Notes:
  together with sketches of Chinese people rescued from the Japanese at Karkar Island, Papua New Guinea, sketch notes of the surrender of the 2nd Japanese army at Celebes to General T. Blamey, 10 September, 1945, and various other portrayals of wartime life.
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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