Marburg a Drau, Yugoslavia. 1944. Studio portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) of the German POW ...

Place Europe: Yugoslavia, Marburg a Drau
Accession Number P00092.104
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Jana Foto
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Marburg a Drau, Yugoslavia. 1944. Studio portrait of prisoners of war (POWs) of the German POW camp No. 1046 GW. Left to right: Bill Jamieson, QX5378 Corporal Alec M. Connor, unidentified, George Shaw (with bald head), unidentified; front row: Bill Gosamer, unidentified, ? Lane. They were all members of the 2/15th Battalion except Lane who was with the 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment. The studio portraits were sent to the POWs' families to indicate how well they were being treated. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)