From Donna MacPherson, daughter of Ed Shayler: Dad is the one in the centre front lying down. Of the rest he says:

"The man in the upper left, back row, standing was a British Regimental Seargent Major.He got a Japanese soldier to take the picture.

The men in this picture were mostly cooks in the camp, and were Australian. The oriental fellows were British soldiers in the Hong Kong Volunteers."

(Photo submitted by Gerry Tuppert)