Description
Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 1896 Private (Pte) Douglas Coulthard, 50th Battalion from Wayville, South Australia. Pte Coulthard enlisted on 16 March 1916 at the age of 18 and embarked for overseas on 13 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. He was captured at Noreuil, France on 2 September 1917 and held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 18 December 1918. Pte Coulthard arrived back in Australia on 3 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 112.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.085
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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