The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A German prisoner 'getting his issue' at ration time in the prisoners of war (POW) compound (popularly termed the Bird Cage) at Hoograaf, the day after the Australian attack, on 4 October 1917, at Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector, when many Germans were captured. The quality and quantity of our rations, of which the enemy prisoners received the same amount as British troops, amazed the Germans after their existence on meagre supplies of the poorest of food.
German prisoners receiving rations exactly the same as those issued to our own troops in the prisoners of war compound, popularly termed the 'Birdcage', following their capture by the Australian troop
Typical German prisoners in the compound at Hoograaf, after their capture by Australians in the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector.
Informal portrait of one of the best type of prisoners in the compound at Hoograaf, the day following the capture of many hundreds of Germans in the Australian advance over Broodseinde Ridge, in the Y
Group portrait of German prisoners in the compound at Hoograaf, in the Ypres Sector. They were captured as the result of the Australian advance the day before at Broodseinde Ridge.
German prisoners, captured by Australians in the battle of Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, being marched along an emergency road, to the compound at Hoograaf, under mounted military police esc
Chagrined at his capture earlier in the day, during the advance of Australian troops at Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres sector, a German Brigadier, in the compound at Hoograaf, refused to be photograp
