The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Depicts a sketch of six Turkish prisoners, wearing fezzes, two seated and sewing, three in the background, and one standing. A Red Cross report in 1917 stated that Turkish Prisoners were not forced to work although at some camps they carried out their own tailoring repairs or made objects which they were allowed to sell.
Depicts a half-length study of two Turkish prisoners with moustaches and wearing aprons who stand while they repair boots (turned towards the right of the image). The nearer prisoner has an embroidere
Depicts a portrait of a Turkish prisoner wearing a hat with tassel, long moustache and Turkish shirt. Turkish prisoners in Egypt, lived under perhaps the best conditions of any prisoners during the Fi
In this scene, three Turkish prisoners sit on the ground with their legs crossed. All have moustaches and are wearing Fezzes, with the centre figure smoking a cigar. Turkish prisoners in Egypt lived u
Dark red shoulder strap with a button hole at the end. The button hole and the edges of the strap have been reinforced with khaki cotton. This shoulder strap was part of a scrap book put together by
Depicts eight German prisoners, their hands up in surrender, being lead across a corn field by a member of the 6th Battalion. Two other members of the Battalion poke out of the trench in the foregroun
The Prisoner of War Department of the Australian Red Cross Society was established in July 1916 after Australians were taken prisoner by the Germans on the Western Front. Until this time, the Australi