P01981.005 Accession Number: P01981.005

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"Fanny", the donkey, pulling a cart filled with Red Cross parcels for the Allied officers held in the Karlsruhe prisoner of war (POW) camp in Germany. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 6.

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Accession Number
P01981.005
Photographer
Atelier Fritz Albrecht
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Date Made
c 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M E Chomley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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