The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Ermelo, South Africa, c. 1901. Boer prisoners in a prisoner of war compound near Ermelo during the South African (Boer) War. The prisoners are in a barbed wire enclosure. Their sleeping quarters have ends made from sods of earth with canvas or corrugated iron roofs, with one larger structure being made completely from corrugated iron.
South Africa, c. 1901. A two storey fortified house at Middelburg during the South African (Boer) War. The ground floor veranda has been fortified with sandbags and corrugated iron. Note the firing sl
TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1901. "BLOCK HOUSE ON ROAD BETWEEN DE JAGERS DRIFT AND VRYHEID, TRANSVAAL, OCCUPIED BY SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT". THE CORRUGATED IRON STRUCTURE WITH EARTH AND ROCK IS SURR
Gallipoli, Turkey. 1915. Prisoners' Camp, a barbed wire enclosure or compound for confining Turkish prisoners of war (POWs), stands on the slope of a hill (right) at Anzac Cove.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RESTING IN THEIR TENT LIVING QUARTERS IN A BARBED WIRE COMPOUND.
MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. ONE OF THE BOER FORTS SURROUNDING THE TOWN SHORTLY AFTER THE BOER EVACUATION. LOYAL TROOPS IN POSSESSION OF TRENCH SYSTEM WITH EARTHWORKS AND SANDBAG WALL FORTIFICATIO
British North Borneo. June 1945. An Australian soldier armed with Owen gun, during operations on Labuan Island, stands guard at barbed-wire enclosure for Japanese war-prisoners.
