| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01981.026 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany |
| Date made | c February 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW). Standing on the left is 6036 Private (Pte) Howard ...
Description
Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW). Standing on the left is 6036 Private (Pte) Howard Ernest Brown, 22nd Battalion, from Forrest Lodge, NSW. The other soldier is unidentified but wearing the POW number 17446. Pte Brown enlisted at the age of 23 on 17 June 1916 and embarked for overseas on 31 October 1916 aboard HMAT Argyllshire. He was captured at Bullecourt, France, on 3 May 1917 and held as a POW in camps in Germany. In December 1917 he wrote from the POW camp at Heuberg: "I am in the best of health and receiving my bread and food parcels in good condition, but not receiving my issue of cigarettes." Pte Brown was repatriated to England in December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 16 May 1919. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 118.