Description
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4560 Private (Pte) Charles John James Butcher, 48th Battalion, from Midland Junction, WA at Schneidemuhl, Germany. Pte Butcher enlisted at the age of 41 on 10 November 1915 and embarked for overseas on 12 February 1916 aboard HMAT Militiades. He was captured at Pozieres, France on 6 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until repatriated to England on 18 December 1918. Pte Butcher arrived back in Australia on 10 April 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 210.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.179
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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