Description
"Corridor in Barrack Friedrichsfeld Rhineland". Beams stencilled with flowers and leaves and large art prints decorate the area along with signs in French "No smoking in the barrack", "Clean properly its your health" and "Keep neat". From the collection of 2247 Sergeant (Sgt) Stuart Alan Webb, 28th Battalion. Sgt Webb embarked with the 4th Reinforcements on 1 October 1915. He was wounded and captured on 16 November 1916 on the Somme and taken prisoner of war (POW). Initially hospitalised at Mariahilf in the Reserve Lazarett, Webb was then imprisoned at Minden, and later at Friedrichsfeld. He was released in November 1918 and repatriated to England. In July 1919 Sgt Webb left England for Australia where he was discharged.
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Accession Number
P11941.014
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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