The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) in German POW camp Preussische Holland, East Prussia (now Paslek, Poland). [Soldiers marked with an x also appear in photograph P03236.111] Photograph was sent to the Australian Red Cross in London by 5457 Private (Pte) James Edward Lyall, 22nd Battalion from Sale, Victoria. Pte Lyall enlisted at the age of 30 on 17 April 1916 and embarked for overseas on 28 July 1916 aboard HMAT Themistocles. After being wounded, he was captured at Le Sars, France on 26 February 1917. He suffered from machine gun bullets in both hands, right hip and left side and was held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 11 January 1919. Pte Lyall arrived back in Australia on 15 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 217.
Outdoor portrait of seven unidentified Australian Prisoners of War (POW) in German POW camp Preussisch Holland, East Prussia (now Paslek, Poland). An Australian state is written next to each person in
Outdoor portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) gathered around a Christmas tree outside their barracks at a German POW camp at Preussisch Holland, east Prussia (now Paslek, Poland). Two soldiers are holdi
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4934 Private (Pte) Wilfred Edward Welch, 57th Battalion from Bendigo Victoria. Pte Welch enlisted at the age of 19 on 7 July 1915 and embarked for o
Outdoor portrait of a group of unidentified Prisoners of War (POW) at an unknown camp in Germany. The photograph was sent to the Australian Red Cross in London by 6024 Private (Pte) Francis Patrick Th
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 Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Alten Grabow POW camp in Berlin, Germany. Photograph was sent to the Australian Red Cross in London by 6241 Private (Pte) Kenneth Stuart Ross, 11th
