The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group portrait of Australian and New Zealander repatriated ex-Prisoners of War (POW) who commemorated the third anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, at a ceremony on Anzac Day 1918. Many are wearing rosettes. Photograph was sent to the Australian Red Cross in London by Captain (Capt) Donald Percival Wells, 13th Battalion from Newcastle NSW, seated in second front row, fourth from the left. Capt Wells enlisted at the age of 20 on 4 September 1915 and embarked for overseas on 17 December 1915 aboard HMAT Berrima. He was wounded in the left foot and captured in France, on 11 April 1917. After being held as a POW in Germany, he was transferred to Switzerland in late 1917 and then repatriated to England on 14 June 1918. He embarked to return to Australia on 23 September 1918. Capt Wells went on to serve in the Second World War from 10 June 1941 until 27 March 1942. 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 95.
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 5668 Private (Pte) Frederick James Begg, 16th Battalion, from Picton, Western Australia taken at Schneidemuhl, POW camp, Germany. Pte Begg enlisted
Informal portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) unloading parcels from a horse-drawn cart at the Schneidemuhl POW camp, north of Posen. Photograph was sent to the Australian Red Cross by 3235 Corporal (Cp
Postcard of Caux-Palace overlooking Lake Geneva in Switzerland sent to Miss Chomley, Australian Red Cross, London by Captain (Capt) Frederick James Sydney Hoad, 7th Battalion, from Malvern, Victoria.
Group portrait of unidentified repatriated Australian Prisoners of War (POW) and unidentified women, possibly Red Cross staff, outside Buckingham Palace, London. One of a series of over 400 photograph
Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) dressed in POW concert costumes. Sitting is 3235 Corporal (Cpl) James Skelly, 55th Battalion, from Rockdale NSW. POW on right is unidentified. Cpl Skelly
Outdoor portrait of nine Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Karlsruhe, Germany. Identified on far right is Australian POW Captain (Capt) Louis Arnold Whitington, 48th Battalion, from Adelaide S
