Description
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3219 Private (Pte) Raymond Edward Stevens, 54th Battalion, from Bega, NSW. Pte Stevens enlisted at the age of 21 on 2 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 20 November 1915 aboard HMAT Suevic. He was captured at Fleurbaix, France on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 14 February 1918. Pte Stevens arrived back in Australia on 4 March 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 album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 76.
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Accession Number
P03236.056
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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