P02071.021 Accession Number: P02071.021

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Group portrait of allied prisoners of war (POWs) from Stalag XXa who make up the Fort 15 boxing team. This German POW and internment camp was in a series of semi underground forts built in the 1880s on the Vistula River. Prisoners at the camp included members of 2/5th Australian General Hospital (AGH) who were captured in Greece after they were ordered to remain there following the evacuation, to treat wounded allied POWs.

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Accession Number
P02071.021
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Format: 4x5"
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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