P01981.016 Accession Number: P01981.016

Description

Studio portrait of three Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Sagan, Poland. Identified, sitting is 6514 Private (Pte) Daniel Greenlees, 16th Battalion from Perth WA. The other two are unidentified. Pte Greenlees enlisted on 17 April 1916 aged 24 and embarked for overseas on 13 October 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. He was captured at Riencourt, France, on 11 April 1917 and held as a POW in camps at Dulmen, Germany, and Sagan. Pte Greenlees was repatriated to England on 10 January 1919 and arrived back in Australia on 8 July 1919. 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 55.

Details

Accession Number
P01981.016
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Date Made
c October 1917
Place Made
Sagan
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M. E. Chomley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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