Accession Number | P02287.004 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Gorlitz, Germany. c. 1944-06. Group portrait of a soccer team comprising Allied Prisoners of War ...
Description
Gorlitz, Germany. c. 1944-06. Group portrait of a soccer team comprising Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Stalag VIIIA POW camp. This photograph was sent by Bombardier James Brill (front row centre holding a soccer ball) to his friend Lance Bombardier Lloyd Moule, 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment AIF, who had escaped from Italy to Rorschach, St Gallen, Switzerland. The other men are unknown. Note the wire fence and accommodation huts at rear.