Outdoor portrait of a group of officer Prisoners of War (POW) at an unidentified German POW camp ...

Accession Number P03236.222
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany
Date made 1914 - 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of a group of officer Prisoners of War (POW) at an unidentified German POW camp hospital. Officers are wearing a mixture of uniforms, pyjamas and hospital clothing and most are showing bandages and crutches. 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 268.