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'''Philip Meninsky''' (b.1919 Fulham, England, d.2007) was the son of [[Bernard Meninsky]]. Despite an early passion for art, at his father's wish, he initially trained as an accountant, before being called up for National Service. |
'''Philip Meninsky''' (b.1919 Fulham, England, d.2007) was the son of [[Bernard Meninsky]]. Despite an early passion for art, at his father's wish, he initially trained as an accountant, before being called up for National Service. |
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After a first posting to Scotland, he was then sent to the Far East where he was captured in 1942 after the [[fall of Singapore]]. |
After a first posting to Scotland, he was then sent to the Far East where he was captured in 1942 after the [[fall of Singapore]]. |
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At one point, rendered skeletal by starvation, he developed tropical ulcers on his legs, and was transferred to Chunkai hopsital camp, where his limbs were saved from amputation by [[Edward Dunlop]] and Major Arthur Moon. |
At one point, rendered skeletal by starvation, he developed tropical ulcers on his legs, and was transferred to Chunkai hopsital camp, where his limbs were saved from amputation by [[Edward Dunlop]] and Major Arthur Moon. |
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His work from this period is largely held by the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London, England , but there is at least one in the [[State Library of Victoria]] in Australia. |
His work from this period is largely held by the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London, England , but there is at least one in the [[State Library of Victoria]] in Australia. |
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Together with the works of [[Jack Bridger Chalker]], [[Ashley George Old]] and [[Ronald Searle]] these drawings and paintings form a unique record of this dark time in human history. |
Together with the works of [[Jack Bridger Chalker]], [[Ashley George Old]] and [[Ronald Searle]] these drawings and paintings form a unique record of this dark time in human history. |
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Philip Meninsky (b.1919 Fulham, England, d.2007) was the son of Bernard Meninsky. Despite an early passion for art, at his father's wish, he initially trained as an accountant, before being called up for National Service.
After a first posting to Scotland, he was then sent to the Far East where he was captured in 1942 after the fall of Singapore.
He spent the next three years working on the Death Railway where he recorded the lives of POWs by secretly making detailed drawings of camp life. These drawings were subsequently used as evidence in the trials of war criminals.
At one point, rendered skeletal by starvation, he developed tropical ulcers on his legs, and was transferred to Chunkai hopsital camp, where his limbs were saved from amputation by Edward Dunlop and Major Arthur Moon.
His work from this period is largely held by the Imperial War Museum in London, England , but there is at least one in the State Library of Victoria in Australia.
Together with the works of Jack Bridger Chalker, Ashley George Old and Ronald Searle these drawings and paintings form a unique record of this dark time in human history.