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This dress was stitched from mosquito netting in a Japanese POW camp and worn by Gunner Charles Woodhams in a musical revue along the infamous Burma-Thailand Railway. Amid hunger and hardship, prisoners created costumes, humour, and hope to keep morale alive. IWM explores conflict from the First World War to the present day. Visit one of our five iconic locations. IWM Credit: EPH 1218. Mosquito net, c.1943-1945.