""....and on 13 January 1942, after a voyage of two and a half months, we disembarked at Singapore Island in torrential rain...Shortly after, unfit, unacclimatized, unenthusiastic and untrained in jungle warfare, the 53rd Brigade was rushed to the front - by now over the road in Johore - and pointed at the enemy." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle" image recto: A sketch drawn from the artist's canvas bed with his legs in the lower right of the composition. There is a pile of fruit, including a pineapple, at the bottom of the bed, and a large bunch of bananas on the floor to his left. A mosquito net on poles can be seen in the upper part of the composition, and the surrounding jungle outside. image verso: Ink and wash sketch of a Malaysian man squatting on the ground and smoking a cigarette, transcribed 'Ronald Searle, Jan 1942, Malaya'.