Group portrait of ex-Prisoners of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Arthur Gerard Fox, 13th Battalion, ...

Group portrait of ex-Prisoners of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Arthur Gerard Fox, 13th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW standing on the left, Capt Donald Percival Wells, 13th Battalion, from Newcastle, NSW standing on the right and Lieutenant (Lt) S. Stone, possibly British, seated. Capt Fox enlisted at the age of 20 on 17 September 1914, after having served with the Militia and having completed one year at Royal Military College (RMC) Duntroon. He embarked for overseas on 11 February 1915 aboard HMAT Seang Choon and landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. While later serving on the Western Front, he was wounded and captured at Pozieres, France, on 15 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until transferred to Switzerland on 29 November 1917. After repatriation to England on 9 December 1918, he married Dora Betschen a year later and arrived back in Australia with his wife on 19 February 1920. Capt Wells enlisted at the age of 20 on 4 September 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 30th Battalion on 17 December 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima. He was wounded and captured at Bullecourt, France, on 11 April 1917 and admitted to hospital at Karlsruhe, Germany. When he had recovered sufficiently, he was interned at a POW camp at Freiburg, Germany and then transferred to Switzerland on 29 November 1917. Capt Wells was repatriated to England on 14 June 1918 and embarked to return to Australia on 23 September 1918.