Gorlitz, Germany. c. 1944-06. Group portrait of a soccer team comprising Allied Prisoners of War ...

Accession Number P02287.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.

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