The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of Prisoner of War (POW) cast members of theatrical production "Depature's Boys" at "Little Soltau Palace" at POW camp, Soltau, Germany. Top left head held by puppet master has "13th A.I.F." written in ink on cap and has been identified as 6736 Private (Pte) Matthew Watson Finlay, 13th Battalion, from Sydney NSW. Pte Finlay enlisted on 10 June 1916 and embarked for overseas on 8 November 1916 aboard SS Port Nicholson. He was captured at Riencourt, France on 11 April 1917 and held as a POW until repatriated to England on 26 December 1918. Pte Finlay arrived back in Australia on 17 April 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 218.
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
Outdoor portrait of nine Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at a POW camp at Soltau, Hanover, Germany. Soldiers are wearing a mixture of civilian and uniform clothing but all have the Rising Sun hat ba
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
Informal portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) performers on stage in a POW production titled ‘Pierrette’s Awakening’ at a POW camp at Soltau, Hannover, Germany. Identified on the left, dressed as a
Four Allied Prisoners of War (POW) on stage in a scene from the theatrical production 'Painless Dentistry' at Soltau POW camp near Hanover, Germany. Identified on the far left is 3097 Private (Pte) Al
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
