Dorothy McLeod Muntok Bag

bag, handmade, British, Far East Civilian Internee (EPH 844) Handmade cloth bag made from the remnants of a rice sack made by Mrs Dorothy (Mac) MacLeod as a civilian internee at Palembang in Sumatra (Indonesia). Mrs MacLeod died in captivity in April 1945. The bag was brought back to the UK by a fellow internee, Mrs Mamie Colley, who deposited it with the Museum. It was subsequently donated by Dorothy MacLeod’s son after he had traced his mother’s story and… Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30081055

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