P03236.055 Accession Number: P03236.055

Description

Outdoor portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) 555 Private (Pte) George Ernest Castle, 15th Battalion, from Little Swanpost, Tasmania, standing and an unidentified Englishman sitting. Pte Castle enlisted on 1 March 1916 and embarked for overseas on 1 July 1916 aboard HMAT Berrima. He was reported missing on 11 April 1917 and on 14 May 1917 confirmed as a POW at Soltau. He was transferred to Munster on 23 May 1917 suffering from a wound in the shoulder and left arm. Pte Castle was repatriated to England in December 1918 and embarked to return to Australia on 1 May 1919. 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 75.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.055
Photographer
Photographie Louis Koch
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
May 1917
Place Made
Germany
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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