A German prisoner sitting on a box and flanked by 410014 Sapper Athol Robert (Bob) Masterton and ...

Accession Number P04734.012
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A German prisoner sitting on a box and flanked by 410014 Sapper Athol Robert (Bob) Masterton and SX4570 Corporal Douglas (Doug) Gordon Turner, of the 9th Australian Division Cavalry Regiment (9 Aust Div Cav Regt). The soldier on the left is armed with a .45ACP calibre, M1928A1 Thompson submachine gun, commonly known as a 'Tommy gun'.

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