P03236.215 Accession Number: P03236.215

Description

Postcard of a woman and three girls picking narcissus flowers at Rochers de Naye, near Montreux, Switzerland, sent to Miss Chomley, Australian Red Cross, London by Captain (Capt) Frederick James Sydney Hoad, 7th Battalion, from Malvern, Victoria. Capt Hoad enlisted at the age of 31 on 18 August 1914 and embarked for overseas on 19 October 1914. He was wounded and captured at Pozieres, France, on 18 August 1916 and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany. He was transferred to Switzerland on 27 November 1917, repatriated to England on 7 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 30 January 1919. Capt Hoad had previously served as a Private with the 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victoria) in the Boer War and also went on to serve in the Second World War from 10 November 1939 until he died of illness in Australia on 2 February 1941. 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 260.

Details

Conflicts

• First World War, 1914-1918

Tags

• Prisoners of war