Informal portrait of Kapitänleutnant Edmund Schafer and Fritz Erka, both Prisoners of War (POWs). ...

Accession Number P11187.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file TIFF
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Tatura
Date made 1947
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of Kapitänleutnant Edmund Schafer and Fritz Erka, both Prisoners of War (POWs). Kapitänleutnant Schaffer was captured north off the coast of Western Australia on 25 November 1941. He remained a POW in Australia until he was repatriated to Germany in January 1947.