P03236.246 Accession Number: P03236.246

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Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3067 Private (Pte) James McCullock Galloway, 55th Battalion, from Balmain, NSW, at the Munster III POW Camp, Germany. Pte Galloway enlisted at the age of 20 on 4 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 20 December 1915 aboard HMAT Suevic. He was captured on 20 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France, and held as a POW in various camps in Germany until he was repatriated to England on 14 December 1918. Pte Galloway arrived back in Australia on 24 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 294.

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Accession Number
P03236.246
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
July 1916 - November 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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