Description
Studio portrait of repatriated Prisoner of War (POW) 6487 Private (Pte) William John Elwick Feltham, 12th Battalion, from Newtown, Tasmania. Pte Feltham enlisted at the age of 29 on 23 August 1916 and embarked for overseas on 20 September 1916 aboard HMAT Suffolk. After being wounded in the left side and leg and captured in France on 13 April 1917, he was held as a POW in Germany. Pte Feltham was repatriated to England on 23 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 10 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 284.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.236
Photographer
Colonial Studio (F. Segers)
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
December 1918 - April 1919
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
People
Conflicts
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