Stolen Years: Australian prisoners of war - Sulmona camp
Most Australian officers captured in North Africa ended up in Campo 78 at Sulmona, near Rome.
A. H. Comber was commissioned as a flying officer in 1941. He was shot down over the Gulf of Taranto in August 1942. Like many of his fellow prisoners of war, he was transferred through a series of camps from Corfu to Italy (including Sulmona) before being taken north to Stalag Luft III.
A. H. Comber
Second World War enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
Australian officers around the stove at night, Sulmona, Italy
pen and brush and ink on paper
drawn in London in 1945
acquired in 1945
A. H. Comber
Second World War enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
Australian officers’ compound, Sulmona, Italy
pen and brush and ink over pencil on paper
drawn in London in 1945
acquired in 1945
A. H. Comber
Second World War enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
Morning in the sun, Sulmona, Italy
pen and brush and ink on paper
drawn in London in 1945
acquired in 1945