Group portrait of German Officer (Afrika Korps) prisoners of war (POWs) interned in No. 13 POW ...

Accession Number 030185/11
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Halmarick, Colin Thomas
Place made Australia: Victoria, Dhurringile
Date made 11 February 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of German Officer (Afrika Korps) prisoners of war (POWs) interned in No. 13 POW Group at Dhurringile near Murchison. Back row, left to right: 41708 Gefreiter (Gfr) Ritter of Griesheim bei Darmstadt (one of the camp interpreters who was captured at Tobruk by the Australians); 41792 Sol. Schuele of Plankstedt (Baden); 41914 O.Sch. Waibel of Mannheim; 41216 Gfr Frey of Oberschefflenz bei Mosbach, Baden; 41172 Gfr Duller Radolfzell, Bodensee; 41980 Gfr. Zoechling of Wien VIII. Front row: 41459 O.Sch. Kraetz of Dernbach bei Montabaur (Westerwald); 41117 Obergefreiter (Ogfr) Braun of Spechbach bei Heidelberg; 41811 Sol. Schwab of Hoehfroeschen bei Pirmasens; 41825 Ogfr Seidelmann of Weisbaden. Note: The number is an assigned POW number.