Description
Studio portrait of five Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stuttgart 2, POW camp, Germany. Identified standing in centre and marked with an X is 651 Private (Pte) Jack Hind, 4th Battalion, from Campsie, NSW. The soldier standing on the left and the soldier sitting on the right are marked in pen with the letter A and are presumably also Australians. The other two are marked with the letter E and are presumably English. Pte Hind enlisted at the age of 29 on 3 June 1916 and embarked for overseas with the 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion on 7 October 1916 aboard HMAT Ceramic. He was captured at Boursies, France, on 15 April 1917 and held as a POW in Germany until repatriated to England on 9 December 1918. Pte Hind arrived back in Australia on 23 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 247.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.210
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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