The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BAVARIA, 1941. GROUP PORTRAIT OF ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN POW WORK GANG THAT ARRIVED AT SCHONAU AUF DER BREND, NEAR NEUSTADT, BAVARIA, IN 1941-11. THIS WAS A FORESTRY DEPARTMENT WORK CAMP. THE POWS WALKED 2 TO 3 MILES TO WORK AND BACK EACH DAY AND WORKED 6AM-6PM. THEY WERE SOMETIMES SECONDED TO LOCAL FARMS FOR HARVESTING AND HAYMOWING, AND ALSO LOADED LOGS INTO RAILWAY TRUCKS WHEN IT WAS TOO COLD TO WORK IN THE FOREST. BACK ROW: NX3831 G.F. HAWKINS (2/1 BATTALION); NX13184 J. CHANDLER (2/2 FIELD REGIMENT); NX2623 N. O'BRIEN (2/1 BN); NX15333 C.C. (SNOW) EDWARDS (2/3 BN); WX5010 ALBERT DINGWALL (2/2 FIELD PARK); WX1389 RON NEWTON (AUSTRALIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS); VX21267 BARRET (2/8 FIELD COMPANY); NX5929 W.L. FOGDEN (2/4 BN); NX3526 A.P. KEOGH (2/1 BN); WX576 A.O. STACEY (2/11 BN); WX788 H.C. JOHNSON (2/11 BN); VX4535 H. MCKAY (2/6 BN); NX6668 R.A. HUGHES; NX3656 W. MALCOLM (2/1 ENGINEERS); FRONT ROW: VX17808 J. STEELE (2/7 BN); NX7697 J.G. MCNAB (2/1 BN); NX2675 K. MATHIESON (2/1 BN); WX2319 STAN JOHNSTON; NX15096 L. RICE (2/1 BN).
SCHONAU. THE GANG AT FORESTRY WORK CAMP ON THE BREND RIVER VIA NEUSTADT. BACK ROW: (L TO R) NX3526 A.P. KEOGH, 2/1 BATTALION, WX788 CORPORAL H.C. JOHNSON, 2/11 BATTALION, WX5010 ALBERT DINGWALL, 2/11
Bischofsheim. Group portrait of 16 Australians captured on Crete and sent to German prisoner of war camp Stalag XIIIc at Hammelburg, Germany, in August 1941. During their captivity they were formed in
Rectangular drawstring calico bag illustrated on one side to resemble a Crown and Anchor playing mat. Green painted lines divide the bag into six equal sections, which are decorated with (left to righ
Photographs relating to NX3112 Bombardier Herbert Huie Armstrong, 2/3 Field Regiment. A motor driver from Concord West, NSW, Armstrong enlisted on 23 October 1939 and he was taken on strength by 2/1 F
Group portrait of the instructors and students of the Army School of Physical and Recreational Training, Frankston, Vic. Identified front row, 15th from left: S1388 Lieutenant (Lt) Donald George Bradm
NSW. Paybook photograph of NX12877 Gunner Douglas Haig Burling, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Burling, aged 25, died on 13 December 1943, as a Prisoner of War (POW), after b
