P03236.012 Accession Number: P03236.012

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Outdoor portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW). Identified, on left is 2486 Private (Pte) John Nightingale, 11th Battalion from Perth Western Australia with an unidentified companion at German POW Camp, Stuttgart. Pte Nightingale enlisted on 17 May 1915 and embarked for overseas on 2 September 1915 aboard HMAT Anchises. He was captured at Boursies, France on 14 April 1918 and interned at three different POW Camps. Whilst at Stuttgart he was caught trying to escape from a farm where he was working. After the escape attempt he was required to work inside the POW Camp. Pte Nightingale was repatriated to England in December 1918 and arrived back in Australia in May 1920. 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 24.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.012
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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