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Studio portrait of ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 3060 Private (Pte) Eric Ernest McLean, 16th Battalion, from Digby, Victoria and his wife Ann, nee MacPherson. Pte McLean enlisted on 23 July 1915 at the age of 18 and embarked for overseas on 14 September 1915 aboard HMAT Ballarat. After serving at Gallipoli, he also served on the Western Front where he was wounded and captured at Bullecourt, France, on 11 April 1917. He received a gun shot wound to the right leg which was amputated above the knee whilst in German POW Camp Reserve Lazarett [hospital] at Hannover, Germany. Pte McLean was transferred to Holland on 13 January 1918, arrived in London on 20 January 1918 and was admitted to King Georges Hospital. On 25 April 1918 he was married and arrived back in Australia on 17 November 1918. 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 184.
Studio portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 2014 Private (Pte) Henry Board, 26th Battalion, from Bicheno, Tasmania. Pte Board enlisted on 25 June 1915 at the age of 26 and embarked for over
Group portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Soltau in Hannover Germany participating in a rehearsal for a stage play. The X marked on photograph identifies 6736 Private (Pte) Matthew W
Studio portrait of three Australian Prisoners of War (POW) in concert costumes at German POW Camp Soltau in Hannover, Germany. Identified left to right, 680 Sergeant (Sgt) John Trevenion Pennant (serv
Studio portrait of Australian ex-Prisoners of War (POW) 1568 Private (Pte) Patrick O'Connor, 14th Battalion, from Monbulk, Victoria (on left) and 1995 Pte Philip Warburton Symonds, 48th Battalion, fro
Formal portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW), 1757 Private (Pte) Matthew Patrick Keogh, 13th Field Ambulance, from Maryborough, Qld. Pte Keogh enlisted at the age of 20 on 16 August 1915 and
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3387 Private (Pte) Frederick Alfred Scott Nicholes, 53rd Battalion from Sydney NSW. Pte Nicholes enlisted at the age of 19 on 10 August 1915 and emb
