P03236.171 Accession Number: P03236.171

Description

Outdoor portrait of a group of Prisoners of War (POW) at a German POW camp. Identified front row, second from right is 4492 Private (Pte) Francis Patrick Fry, 54th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW. Pte Fry enlisted on 25 July 1915 at the age of 21 and embarked for overseas on 16 February 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat. He was captured at Laventie, France on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 15 December 1918. Pte Fry arrived back in Australia on 1 July 1919. Handwritten note on back of photograph reads “I am the only Australian in this Group.” 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 202.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.171
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
July 1916 - November 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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