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[Back view of soldier]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
The back view of a camp inmate of Oflag 7B. The camp was located in Bavaria in southern Germany, just north of Munich and south of Nuremberg. Inmates were made up of officers from the Allied nations a...ART93154
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[Back view of two soldiers]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Two inmates from the POW camp Oflag 7B. They appear to be watching an activity not depicted. Life in the camps could be monotonous so inmates attempted to relieve boredom through a variety of activiti...ART93157
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[Bread]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a loaf of bread with '15' on the top. Rations in the Oflag 7B camp were provided by the German guards, however, inmates subsituted this diet with foodstuffs received through Red Cross parcels....ART93152
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[Interior of hut]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
This work displays the living conditions at the officer's Oflag 7B camp in Germany. Several tiers of bunkbeds line the walls with a stone wood heater in the middle of the structre. A lantern hangs fro...ART93150
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[Interior of huts with beds]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the relatively comfortable living and sleeping conditions of the officer's POW camp Oflag 7B in Germany. Three beds are shown and the occupants military uniforms hang on the walls along with o...ART93149
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[Interior of POW camp hut with beds]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the interior living conditions of POWs at Oflag 7B camp. Two single beds are shown against a wall from which the inmates personal belongings, including their military uniforms, hang. A cupboar...ART93165
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[Mug]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a cracked mug. The artist was taken prisoner by the Germans (probably on Greece) in 1941. He was held in captivity at Oflag 7B, in Eichstatt, Germany, and returned to Australia in 1945. The ca...ART93151
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[no title]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a makeshift camp cooker and heater made from Klim (powdered milk) cans. It worked by lighting a fire and turning a fan in the bottom section while placing the food needing to be heated in the ...ART93156
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[POW camp fence and huts]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts the fence and huts of Oflag 7B POW camp in Eichstatt, Germany. The artist, Gordon Henry MacFarlane, was born in Sydney in 1915, and was a member of the pre-war permanent army. He joined the AI...ART93164
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[POW camp huts]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
An exterior view of the huts at the Oflag 7B POW camp in Eichstatt, Germany. Depicted are approximately six of the huts that the inmates lived in that surround a small open area and telegraph wires ca...ART93147
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[POW camp roll call]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Several rows of POWs lined up for a camp roll call. Two German guards walk before them counting the inmates. The artist was taken prisoner by the Germans (probably on Greece) in 1941. He was held in c...ART93158
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[Scottish soldier]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Shows the back view of a POW inmate, most probably Scottish. He is dressed in traditional Scottish clothing, including a kilt and cap. There were many British POWs at the Oflag 7B camp, which would ha...ART93153
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The Red Cross of comfort
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
In the upper portion of the work is a nurse attending to an injured soldier who appears to have a head wound. The lower portion of the work is a sketch of a Red Cross package that the inmates at Oflag...ART93166
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[Wheelbarrow]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a camp made wheelbarrow. The artist was taken prisoner by the Germans (probably on Greece) in 1941. He was held in captivity at Oflag 7B, in Eichstatt, Germany, and returned to Australia in 19...ART93155
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[Wood fire stove]
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Maker: Macfarlane, Gordon Henry
Depicts a wood fire stove and heater in the corner of a cabin in the POW camp Oflag 7B. Although heating facilities were adequate, fuel for the fires was often in limited supply and consequently hoard...ART93148