Description
Outdoor portrait of a group of Prisoners of War (POW) at Burgsteinfurt, Germany. Identified in back row second from right is 2243 Private (Pte) George Henry Newton, 13th Battalion, from Sydney NSW. Pte Newton enlisted on 30 April 1915 and embarked for overseas on 14 June 1915 aboard HMAT Wandilla. He was listed as missing on 30 August 1916 after the fighting for Mouquet Farm, France. He was subsequently identified as a POW and held in POW camps in Germany. Pte Newton was repatriated to England in December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 26 March 1919. Handwritten note on back of photograph reads: "A few of the boys." One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 35.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.023
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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