The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 Battalion, from Perth, WA, seated fifth from left in front row. Other POWs in group are English, French and Belgian. Pte Ross enlisted on 17 July 1916 at the age of 30 and embarked for overseas on 18 September 1916 aboard HMAT Clan McGillivray. He was wounded and captured at Morchies, France, on 15 April 1917 and held as a POW in Germany until repatriated to England on 26 February 1919. Pte Ross was then granted the acting rank of Warrant Officer Class 1, without pay or allowances, and attached for temporary duty with the Red Cross in London. He arrived back in Australia on 10 September 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 244.
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4524 Private (Pte) Alfred John Jackson, 54th Battalion, from Artarmon, NSW taken at Alten-Grabow POW camp, Germany. Pte Jackson enlisted on 2 July
Group portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) standing beside a grave at the Alten Grabow POW camp, Germany. The elaborate headstone bears the inscription “Sacred to the memory of Frederick Osmond Laycock
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 6385 Private (Pte) William Anthony, 15th Battalion from Warwick, Queensland. Pte Anthony enlisted at the age of 25 on 29 May 1916 and embarked for o
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3608 Private (Pte) Tom Elliot Peake, 51st Battalion from Albany WA at German POW Camp in Munster Germany. Pte Peake enlisted on 27 September 1915 an
Allied Prisoners of War (POW) standing near rose and dahlia bed at the POW camp at Karlsruhe in Germany. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. C
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4837 Private (Pte) Frederick Henry Luland, 53rd Battalion, from Botany N.S.W. at Muster III POW camp, Germany. Pte Luland enlisted on 16 September
