P03236.247 Accession Number: P03236.247

Description

Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 1959 Private (Pte) Stanley Osmond Norris, 50th Battalion from Cowell, South Australia. Pte Norris enlisted at the age of 26 on 6 March 1916 and embarked for overseas on 13 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. On 2 April 1917, he was captured at Neureil, France, and variously reported as "wounded badly in throat" and "wounded, bullet in foot". He was held in a number of POW camps in Germany before being repatriated to England on 29 November 1918. Pte Norris arrived back in Australia on 12 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 296.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.247
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
April 1917 - November 1918
Place Made
Germany
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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