The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Outdoor portrait of an Australian and an unidentified Canadian Prisoner of War (POW) at a POW camp at Minden, Germany in November 1916. Identified on the left is 1652 Corporal (Cpl) David Wilson Austin, 20th Battalion, from Bankstown, NSW, who enlisted on 27 May 1915 at the age of 36 and embarked for overseas on 19 June 1915 onboard HMAT Kanowna. After serving at Gallipoli, Cpl Austin went on to serve on the Western Front where he was captured at Bois Grenier, France, on 5 May 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany. On 17 August 1916, Cpl Austin wrote to the Australian Red Cross in London from a POW camp at Dulmen, "Just a line to thank you for your kindness in sending me a parcel of food which arrived here in the best of condition and every article I enjoyed more than anything I have done since I left Sydney. I am very much in need of clothing and boots. I am 5 ft. 6 ins. in height, boots small 7 size. Thanking you all again. I am, yours sincerely, David Wilson Austin" Cpl Austin was transferred to Holland on 5 July 1918, repatriated to England on 2 Novemer 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 17 February 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 399.
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3342 Corporal (Cpl) Stephen Joyce, 15th Battalion, from Townsville, Queensland at POW camp Friedrichsfeld, Germany. Cpl Joyce enlisted on 30 July 19
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) Alan Victor Underwood who served under the alias 2723 Corporal (Cpl) Reginald Allan Smart, 59th Battalion, from Maribyrnong, Victoria. He is wearing
Studio portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 3547 Private (Pte) George Leslie Thomson, 31st Battalion, from Tweed River NSW. Pte Thomson enlisted on 19 August 1915 and embarked for overseas
Outdoor portrait of three Romanian Prisoners of War (POW) in a POW camp at Stuttgart, Germany. Handwritten note on face of photograph reads ¿Roumanians¿. Handwritten note on back of photograph reads "
Studio portrait of exchanged Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 1834 Sergeant (Sgt) George Ainsley Videon, 10th Battalion, from Kensington, South Australia. Sgt Videon enlisted at the age of 30 on 23 De
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3647 Private (Pte) George Joseph Henry, 54th Battalion, from Dubbo, NSW taken whilst at Friedrichsfeld POW camp, Germany. Pte Henry enlisted at the
