The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY TROOPS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DURING OPERATIONS ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07-16 TO 1942-07-17, BEING SHEPHERDED INTO THE PRISONER OF WAR CAGE BY MEN OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY. THE HASTILY CONSTRUCTED FENCE OF THE CAGE IS OF DANERT, OR CONCERTINA, BARBED WIRE.
ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR BEING SEARCHED BY A PROVOST OF THE 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISIONAL PROVOST COMPANY. THESE PRISONERS WERE CAPTURED BY UNITS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE DURING OPERATIONS
A LINE OF ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED BY TROOPS OF THE 24TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE FILING INTO THE PRISONER OF WAR CAGE. THESE PRISONERS WERE TAKEN IN THE OPERATIONS ON THE NIGHT OF 1942-07
MURCHISON, AUSTRALIA. 1943-01. CLOSE UP OF THE TANGLE OF BARBED WIRE IN THE BOUNDARY FENCE OF NO. 13 PRISONER OF WAR GROUP CAMPS, TO PREVENT ESCAPES. GERMAN AND ITALIAN PRISONERS OF WAR, CAPTURED IN T
Grupignano, Italy. c. 1941. The prisoner of war (POW) huts are behind an inner fence of barbed wire at the Italian Prisoner of War Camp PG57 (Campo 57) in northern Italy. There are two fences with bar
Heliopolis, Egypt. c.1916. A "cage" containing bell tents surrounded by a tall barbed wire fence. This is possibly a detention area for the punishment of allied soldiers or for the detainment of priso
Vung Tau, South Vietnam. 1966. 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) Stores and Q Compound inside a concertina barbed wire fence.
