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Outdoor portrait of Australia Prisoner of War (POW) 2935 Private (Pte) Henry (Harry) Edward Joseph Molloy, 53rd Battalion, from Batemans Bay, NSW. Pte Molloy enlisted at the age of 23 on 20 April 1916 and embarked for overseas on 29 October 1916 aboard HMAT Ascanius. He was captured at Riencourt, France on 1 May 1917 and held as a POW in Germany. On 1 October 1917 he wrote from the POW camp at Parchim "My health is good and otherwise I am doing alright. My treatment and work are quite satisfactory." Handwritten note on back of photograph reads "Deutschland 9/6/18. Dear Miss Chomley, Having had my photo taken, I thought I would send one along to you, so as you can see the Phiz [British slang for the human face] of an Australian who is greatly obliged to the Aus. Red. Cross, who is assisting Australian prisoners of War, Sincerely Yours Harry Molloy." Pte Molloy was repatriated to England on 11 January 1919 and arrived back in Australia on 16 May 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 215.
Outdoor portrait of three Prisoners of War (POW) at POW camp Parchim, Mecklenburg, Germany. Identified sitting on left is 4525 Private (Pte) John Charles Fairfield Quiggin, 22nd Battalion, from Sheppa
Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW camp Lager I Munster. Identified standing on right is 4378 Private (Pte) Walter Edward Tilley, 54th Battalion, from Sydney NSW. Pte Tilley e
Studio portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 3547 Private (Pte) George Leslie Thomson, 31st Battalion, from Tweed River NSW. Pte Thomson enlisted on 19 August 1915 and embarked for overseas
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3647 Private (Pte) George Joseph Henry, 54th Battalion, from Dubbo, NSW taken whilst at Friedrichsfeld POW camp, Germany. Pte Henry enlisted at the
Studio portrait of ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 1065 Private (Pte) Claud Bates, 13th Battalion, from West Maitland, NSW who enlisted on 30 January 1916 at the age of 21 and embarked for overseas with the
Studio portrait of 2141 Private (Pte) Cyril John Conley, 48th Battalion, from Broken Hill NSW. Pte Conley enlisted at the age of 18 on 11 May 1916 and embarked for overseas on 12 August 1916 aboard HM
