The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A group of nine British and Australian prisoners-of-war who were employed on railway construction work at Bozanti and along the Taurus Mountain Railway, Turkey. Identified in the front row from left to right: 2228 Private (Pte) Arthur George Wiffen, 14th Battalion AIF (captured at Gallipoli in August 1915); 888 Lance Corporal George Ernest Kerr, 14th Battalion AIF (also captured in August 1915); unknown; and 1717 Pte Robert John Peters, 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment (captured in July 1916). The soldier second from the right in the back row is also believed to be an Australian. All were repatriated to England via Egypt in December 1918.
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POW) held at the POW camp at Belemedick, Turkey. Identified in the back row, partly obscured, from left to right: 12 Air Mechanic Keith Liston Hudson, Australian Fl
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POW) held in Turkey all holding a number. Except for one Australian (No 17) the rest of the group are believed to be French POWs. Most of those named are members o
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POW) in the Submarine Turquoise Mess of the POW camp at Belemedick, Turkey. The French submarine Turquoise was sunk in the Dardanelles off Nagara Point on 30 Octobe
Group portrait of Australian and New Zealand servicemen in front of a barracks at a Turkish internment camp. Standing, left to right: 477 Private (Pte) Charles F McLean, 14th Battalion; 970 Pte James
Group portrait of prisoners of war (POW) outside their billet (hut) in Turkey. Identified from left to right: 8259 Chief Petty Officer Charlie Vaughan, Australian submarine HMAS AE2; Sergeant (Sgt) W
THOUGHT TO BE BELEMEDICK, RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES AND PRISONER OF WAR HUTS. AUSTRALIAN POWS IN TURKEY WERE EMPLOYED FOR QUITE A TIME ON THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS RAILWAY. (DONOR G.K. KERR)
