P02071.016 Accession Number: P02071.016

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Group portrait of Fort 15 Company Commanders at Stalag XXa. Included in the photograph are Peter Terry (back row, second from right) and NX9669 Warrant Officer 2 K. L. Winton Healey (front row, second from right). This German prisoner of war (POW) and internment camp was in a series of semi underground forts built in the 1880s on the Vistula River. Prisoners included men of the 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH) who were captured in Greece after they were ordered to remain behind to treat wounded allied POWs following the evacuation.

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Accession Number
P02071.016
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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