AWM2016.400.1 Accession Number: AWM2016.400.1

Description

Studio portrait of Indigenous serviceman 6020 Private (Pte) Douglas Grant, 13th Battalion. On 11 April 1917, he was wounded and captured during the 1st battle of Bullecourt. He was held as a prisoner of war (POW) in a camp at Wittenberg, and later at Wünsdorf (Wuensdorf), Zossen. This image was taken while Pte Grant was a prisoner of war and held in captivity in Germany; he is wearing a British tunic sent over by the Red Cross to the Germans to outfit the POWs and dyed blue by the Germans.

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Accession Number
AWM2016.400.1
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Measurement
Overall: 138 mm x 89 mm
Date Made
1917-1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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