The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of six repatriated Australian Prisoners of War (POW) in London after the end of hostilities. The postcard was sent to the Australian Red Cross in London by 4482 Private (Pte) Robert Ernest Duncan, 54th Battalion, from Kogarah, NSW. He is presumably included in the group but has not been identified. At least three of the soldiers have the same colour patch and one, centre back, has three wound stripes on his left sleeve. Pte Duncan enlisted at the age of 19 on 29 August 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 13th Battalion, on 16 February 1916 aboard HMAT Ballarat. He was captured at Laventie, France, on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany until repatriated to England on 28 November 1918. Pte Duncan 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 291.
Group portrait of unidentified repatriated Australian Prisoners of War (POW) and unidentified women, possibly Red Cross staff, outside Buckingham Palace, London. One of a series of over 400 photograph
Outdoor portrait of a group of Prisoners of War (POW) at a German POW camp. Identified front row, second from right is 4492 Private (Pte) Francis Patrick Fry, 54th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW. Pte Fry
Outdoor portrait of a group of unidentified repatriated Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at Buckingham Palace, London. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps
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
Postcard of three of the main hotels in Interlaken, Switzerland with the Jungfrau mountain in background, sent to Australian Red Cross by ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 590 Private (Pte) John (Jack) Bolton,
Unidentified ex-Prisoners of War (POW) onboard unknown ship presumably being repatriated. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secreta
