P03236.185 Accession Number: P03236.185

Description

Outdoor portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Stuttgart, Germany. On left is Private (Pte) Orme (probably not Australian) and identified on right is 3157 Pte Walter Henry Wood, 26th Battalion from Nebo via Mackay Queensland. Pte Wood enlisted at the age of 23 on 23 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 30 December 1915 aboard HMAT Itonus. He was captured at Lagnicourt, France on 26 March 1917. In a report of his capture he stated "my No.2 on the Lewis Gun was killed and I was wounded in the neck, and I know no more until I woke up about 48 hours later in Cambrai. The whole of the post were taken prisoners excepting the one man killed." He was held as a POW in Germany until he was repatriated to England on 21 December 1918. On 21 April 1919 he married Florence May Hubbard at Weymouth, England and arrived back in Australia on 23 August 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 216.

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Accession Number
P03236.185
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
March 1917 - November 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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