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  1. Basel, Switzerland. C. 1944-10. Boats high and dry in the port of Little Huningen, Basel, the ...

    Photograph

    Basel, Switzerland. C. 1944-10. Boats high and dry in the port of Little Huningen, Basel, the effects of the breach made in the Kembs barrage by the RAF, which lowered the level of the River Rhine. Th...

    SUK13243

  2. DARWIN, NT. 1945-04-09. CAPTAIN L. WARD, OFFICER COMMANDING AND MANAGING EDITOR OF ARMY NEWS (1), ...

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    DARWIN, NT. 1945-04-09. CAPTAIN L. WARD, OFFICER COMMANDING AND MANAGING EDITOR OF ARMY NEWS (1), SHOWN PULLING THE FIRST COPY OFF THE MACHINE AS IT BEGINS ITS NIGHTLY RUN. IN BACKGROUND SAPPER S. TAY...

    088584

  3. Group portrait of Australian and New Zealander repatriated ex-Prisoners of War (POW) who ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Group portrait of Australian and New Zealander repatriated ex-Prisoners of War (POW) who commemorated the third anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, at a ceremony on Anzac Day 1918. Many are wear...

    P01981.025

  4. Group portrait of ex-Prisoners of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Arthur Gerard Fox, 13th Battalion, ...

    Photograph

    Group portrait of ex-Prisoners of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Arthur Gerard Fox, 13th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW standing on the left, Capt Donald Percival Wells, 13th Battalion, from Newcastle, NSW sta...

    H00330

  5. Group portrait of the thirteen Australian soldiers who were among the first prisoners of war to ...

    Photograph

    Group portrait of the thirteen Australian soldiers who were among the first prisoners of war to be transferred to Switzerland from Germany.

    H01923

  6. Interlaken. Group portrait of 38 unidentified Australian and New Zealand servicemen, possibly ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Interlaken. Group portrait of 38 unidentified Australian and New Zealand servicemen, possibly former prisoners of war, who were celebrating the third anniversary of the landing on the Gallipoli Penin...

    C01013

  7. Lake Como, Switzerland. C. 1945-08. Resemblance between lakes and mountains around Lake Como in a ...

    Photograph

    Lake Como, Switzerland. C. 1945-08. Resemblance between lakes and mountains around Lake Como in a radar photograph. At first glance, the impression could be formed that the dark portions on the radar ...

    SUK14708

  8. Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Herald Newspaper

    Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of six next-of-kin parcels packed and despatched by the Australian Red Cross Prisoner-of-War Packing Depa...

    141577

  9. Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Herald Newspaper

    Melbourne, Vic. 1944-08-09. This Red Cross parcel covered with labels in many languages is one of six next-of-kin parcels packed and despatched by the Australian Red Cross Prisoner-of-War Packing Depa...

    141550

  10. Outdoor ceremony for repatriated Prisoners of War (POW) at Montreux, Vevey, Switzerland. Standing ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Outdoor ceremony for repatriated Prisoners of War (POW) at Montreux, Vevey, Switzerland. Standing at the table, Lieutenant General Sir John Hanbury-Williams KCB KCVO CVO CMG, Officer in Charge of the ...

    P01981.036

  11. Outdoor group portrait of exchanged Australian Prisoners of War (POW) from Germany with Miss ...

    Photograph

    Outdoor group portrait of exchanged Australian Prisoners of War (POW) from Germany with Miss Martin who taught mat making to the POWs. Two of the POWs are wearing eye patches and several are holding w...

    P01981.055

  12. Outdoor group portrait of repatriated Australian and New Zealand Prisoners of War (POW) with an ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Outdoor group portrait of repatriated Australian and New Zealand Prisoners of War (POW) with an unidentified woman at Murren, Switzerland. Six POWs are from a staging camp in Murren and the rest are f...

    P01981.040

  13. Outdoor portrait of a group of Australian ex-Prisoners of War (POW) in the grounds of a ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Outdoor portrait of a group of Australian ex-Prisoners of War (POW) in the grounds of a convalescent hospital in England with an Australian Army Staff Nurse. The three seated soldiers holding the Aust...

    P01981.031

  14. Outdoors informal portrait of six repatriated Australian soldiers and nurse, probably at No 1 ...

    Photograph

    Outdoors informal portrait of six repatriated Australian soldiers and nurse, probably at No 1 General Hospital, London, England. Identified,Identified standing left to right 538 Private (Pte) Arnold T...

    H00460

  15. Postcard of accommodation at Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland where exchanged Prisoners of War (POW) ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Lenzi, A

    Postcard of accommodation at Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland where exchanged Prisoners of War (POW) were billeted prior to their repatriation to Britain. A number of Australian POWs called this place home ...

    P01981.041

  16. Ten Australian soldiers, ill or wounded, who were among the first prisoners of war to be ...

    Photograph

    Ten Australian soldiers, ill or wounded, who were among the first prisoners of war to be transferred to Switzerland, standing with an unidentified woman. The two men on the right are wearing eye patch...

    H01923A

  17. Western Sahara. 1991-12. Corporal Darren Brauer (centre), radio operator, 1st Signals Regiment, ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Dex, T R

    Western Sahara. 1991-12. Corporal Darren Brauer (centre), radio operator, 1st Signals Regiment, of Beenleigh, Qld and Enoggera, Qld, stops to chat to Nurse Sonja D'Agostino, Swiss Medical Unit, Bern (...

    BRIA/91/0383/21

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