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Accession Number | P00110.023 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Place made | Germany: Hohenfels |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
FULL OF CONFIDENCE IN 1943 THE BRITISH CHALLENGED THE COLONIALS TO A MEDLEY RELAY OF 1 X 800 ...
Description
FULL OF CONFIDENCE IN 1943 THE BRITISH CHALLENGED THE COLONIALS TO A MEDLEY RELAY OF 1 X 800 METRES, 1 X 400 METRES AND 2 X 200 METRES, ALL EVENTS IN WHICH THEY EXCELLED. THE BRITISH TEAM AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP INCLUDED A SCOT, A TAFFY AND TWO POMS. THE "EMPIRE TEAM" INCLUDED TWO KIWIS AND TWO AUSSIES. THANKS TO A GOOD 800 BY PHILPOTT FROM NEW ZEALAND AND A SUPERB 400 BY NX15153 EARL ALAN LEGGATT OF AUSTRALIA, THE AUSSIES "WHOPPED" THEM. FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT: UNKNOWN, LES BATT, FROM ENGLAND AND A COUNTRY CHAMPION, LES FOX, AN AUSSIE OF DOUBTFUL PEDIGREE, UNKNOWN. BACK ROW: NX15153 EARL ALAN LEGGATT, AUSTRALIA, CAMPBELL, SCOTLAND, PHILPOTT, NEW ZEALAND, UNKNOWN. (DONOR T.WEST)