Description
Group portrait Australian officers and orderlies at Oflag IVC, Colditz Castle. Back row: Privates F Brown, H Henley, V Jeffries, C Patterson and E Walker.
Middle row: Lieutenant Ralph Holroyd, Flight Lieutenant Vincent 'Bush' Parker, Lieutenant Jack Millett, Lieutenant Johnny Rawson, Lieutenant George Balding. Front Row: Lieutenant Clive Dieppe, Captain Rex Baxter, Squadron Leader Malcolm McColm, Captain Doug Crawford and Lieutenant Jack Wilton Knox Champ. Private Lionel Archer (orderly) and Lieutenant Mark Howard absent.
Millett, Balding, Dieppe, Baxter, Crawford, Champ and Howard all took part in the mass escape from Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt Bavaria on the night of 3-4 June 1943. They were sent to Colditz after they were recaptured.
Details
Accession Number
P07203.001
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
29 February 1944
Credit Line
Acquired 2008
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
Conflicts
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