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A 35mm Kodak Retina camera used in a prisoner of war camp by Gunner Wilfred (Curly) Weakly.
Weakly was captured at Sidi Rezegh during the relief of Tobruk in November 1941. He concealed the camera by strapping it to the inside of his leg. Following his capture, Weakly was sent to a prisoner of war camp at Udine, near Trieste, and then to Germany. He hid the camera inside a water bottle made from empty tins of Canadian dried milk.
The camera and water bottle are on display at the National Army Museum in Waiōuru.
Credit
National Army Museum Te Mata Toa
Accession Number: 1984.1592
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