The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) 1741 Private (Pte) George Harold Freeman, 55th Battalion from Tweed River NSW and 3592 Pte Herbert Joseph McMahen, 51st Battalion from Coolup, WA. Pte Freeman enlisted at the age of 23 on 11 January 1915 and embarked for overseas on 17 March 1915 aboard HMAT Shropshire. After serving at Gallipoli where he was wounded, he went on to serve on the Western Front where he was again wounded and captured at Fleurbaix, France on 20 July 1916. He was held as a POW in various camps in Germany until repatriated to England on 28 November 1918. Pte Freeman arrived back in Australia on 17 April 1919. Pte McMahen enlisted at the age of 24 on 29 September 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 28th Battalion on 17 January 1916 aboard HMAT Borda. He was wounded in the chest and upper arm and captured at Pozieres, France on 19 August 1916. Pte McMahen was held in a number of POW camps and recovered from his wounds but died of influenza on 2 November 1918. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery at Recklinghausen and then in 1924 was moved to the Cologne South Cemetery, Germany. 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 204.
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 1741 Private (Pte) George Harold Freeman, 55th Battalion, from Tweed River, NSW. Pte Freeman enlisted at the age of 23 on 11 January 1915 and embark
Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at a POW camp in Germany. Identified back row left to right, 5733 Private (Pte) Benjamin George Hutchings, 16th Battalion, from Perth, WA; 5654 Se
Group portrait of transferred Prisoners of War (POW) with women and children outside a restaurant of the Hotel Alpenruhe. Identified standing from left to right are Joe Gugeon (American), 4347 Private
Outdoor portrait of nine Australian ex-Prisoners of War (POW) wearing hospital-issued rehabilitation uniforms. Identified back row, left to right, 286 Sergeant (Sgt) Albert Victor Thomas Green, 28th B
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
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
