P03236.198 Accession Number: P03236.198

Description

Outdoor portrait of three Allied Prisoners of War (POW) at a POW camp in Munster, Germany. Identified is 2715 Private (Pte) Thomas John Marsh, 51st Battalion from Kalgoorlie WA, sitting in centre of photograph, other men are unidentified. Pte Marsh enlisted at the age of 35 on 18 August 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 28th Battalion on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Ulysses. He was captured at Mouquet Farm, France, on 15 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany. Pte Marsh was repatriated to England on 7 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 21 April 1919. On 26 May 1919 he committed suicide. 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 233.

Details

Accession Number
P03236.198
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c September 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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