"APART FROM THE "EMPIRE GAMES" A NUMBER OF ATHLETIC MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF ...

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Accession Number P00110.024
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Germany: Hohenfels
Date made c 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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"APART FROM THE "EMPIRE GAMES" A NUMBER OF ATHLETIC MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STALAG 383 PRISONER OF WAR CAMP. THE ANZACS CHOSE TO STAGE AN EVENT IN VICTORIAN STYLE WITH BETTING, S.P. ODDS AND THE REST. THE TAB BOARD SHOWS WEST THE FAVOURITE FOR THE 100 METRES HANDICAP (ALL WAGERS WERE IN CIGARETTES) MATT KESHAM IS SEATED AT RIGHT."(DONOR T.WEST)