| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | UK2760 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Stewart, Alexander |
| Place made | Germany: Fallingbostel |
| Date made | 16 April 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Four ex-POWs poring over a map of Germany by candlelight and studying the route they will take ...
Description
Four ex-POWs poring over a map of Germany by candlelight and studying the route they will take through Germany and back to Britain. Left to right: 1089363 Flight Sergeant (F Sgt) Eddie S. Jones of Liverpool, UK; 423667 F Sgt A. G. Davidson of Mosman, NSW; 400762 Warrant Officer J. M. Stephenson of Camberwell, Vic; 150098 F Sgt P. Cleaver of Coventry, UK. Stalags 357 (in Oerbke) and XIb (in Fallingbostel), when overrun by units of the 2nd British Army, were found to be virtually Anzac prison camps. Many AIF men (some taken prisoner in Crete) and Australian and New Zealand Air Force men were freed. British Army men actually caught up with parties of Anzacs being force marched away from the camps. They returned to spend their last night in the camps and await transport to Britain. The ex POWs were issued with tents as their quarters were found to be uninhabitable.