The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Studio portrait of ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 3195 Private (Pte) Silvester Victor (Vic) Nowlan, 31st Battalion, from Richmond River, NSW, who enlisted on 28 January 1916 at the age of 18. He embarked for overseas with the 31st Battalion on 4 May 1916 aboard HMAS Seang Choon and was wounded in the knee and captured at Polygon Wood, Belgium, on 26 September 1917. After some months as a POW in Germany, he was repatriated to Holland (The Netherlands) on 8 April 1918, arrived in England on 23 October 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 26 March 1919. The handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Dear Miss Chomley, Hoping this photo will reach you safely as I expect to be leaving any time for Aussie. With kind regards from Vic. No3195, Pte S.V. Nowlan, 31st Batt A.I.F. Broyong, Richmond River, N.S.Wales." 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 373.
Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4305 Private (Pte) David Lewis Evans, 28th Battalion, from Perth, Western Australia. Pte Evans enlisted at the age of 42 on 31 December 1915 and em
Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW camp Lager I Munster. Identified standing on right is 4378 Private (Pte) Walter Edward Tilley, 54th Battalion, from Sydney NSW. Pte Tilley e
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 2062 Private (Pte) Frank Augustine Lamprey, 32nd Battalion, from Goodwood, Western Australia. Pte Lamprey enlisted at the age of 20 on 4 October 191
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,
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 1741 Private (Pte) George Harold Freeman, 55th Battalion, from Tweed River, NSW. Pte Freeman enlisted at the age of 23 on 11 January 1915 and embark
Studio portrait of four allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Soltau POW camp, Germany. Identified standing on the left is 6465 Private (Pte) William Bradbury, 16th Battalion, from Perth, Western Australia
