The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor portrait of three Prisoners of War (POW) at Ludwigsburg POW camp, Germany dated 22 September 1917. Identified from left to right, 3990 Private (Pte) Henry Herlstone Victor Hodson, 59th Battalion, from Camberwell, Victoria; 4828 Pte James Hugh Hammond, 55th Battalion, from Redfern NSW; and A. Robertson, a Canadian soldier. Pte Hodson enlisted at the age of 19 on 22 November 1915 and embarked for overseas on 23 November 1915 aboard HMAT Ceramic. He received gun shot wounds to both legs, the left shoulder and head and was captured at Fleurbaix, France on 19 July 1916. He was held as a POW in Germany until he was repatriated to Holland on 14 April 1918 and then onto England on 16 August 1918. Pte Hodson arrived back in Australia on 29 December 1918. Pte Hammond enlisted at the age of 21 on 28 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 8 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of England. He was wounded by a bullet through the hip and stomach and captured at Fleurbaix, France on 19 July 1916 and held as a POW in Germany. He was repatriated to Switzerland on 12 December 1917 and subsequently to England arriving on 2 December 1918. Pte Hammond arrived back in Australia on 23 April 1919. 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 48.
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4812 Private (Pte) Leonard Kiernan, 54th Battalion, from Sydney NSW at POW Camp III Munster, Germany. Pte Keirnan enlisted at the age of 20 on 1 Jun
Outdoor portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) and their German guard at POW camp Munster 3, Germany. The POW sitting in the centre is holding a football inscribed "432 F.C. 1918" and the two sitting in f
Allied Prisoners of War (POW) on stage in a scene from the production “Chicago Farmer” at the Soltau POW camp near Hanover, Germany. Identified from left to right: 6736 Private (Pte) Matthew Watson Fi
Studio group portrait of six Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at Friedrichsfeld POW camp. Identified, left to right, back row: 3647 Private (Pte) George Joseph Henry, 54th Battalion, from Dubbo NSW;
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3067 Private (Pte) James McCullock Galloway, 55th Battalion, from Balmain, NSW, at the Munster III POW Camp, Germany. Pte Galloway enlisted at the a
Three Australian Prisoners of War (POW) on stage in a scene from the theatrical production 'Chicago Farmer' at the Soltau POW camp near Hanover, Germany. Identified on the left is 3097 Private (Pte) A
