P03236.220 Accession Number: P03236.220

Description

Outdoor portrait of an Australian Prisoner of War (POW), 2688 Private (Pte) Clarence Liddle, 10th Battalion, from Rosefield, South Australia. Pte Liddle enlisted at the age of 19 on 5 May 1915 and embarked for overseas on 2 September 1915 aboard HMAT Anchises. Following service at Gallipoli, he went on to serve on the Western Front where he was captured at Pozieres, France, on 22 August 1916. He was held as a POW at Dulmen and Munster in Germany until repatriated to England on 2 December 1918. Pte Liddle arrived back in Australia on 18 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 267.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.220
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
August 1916 - November 1918
Place Made
Germany
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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