| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0498 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Meyer, Cyril Bernard |
| Place made | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/1710 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Meyer, Cyril Bernard (Lieutenant, b.1881 - d.? )
Description
Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant Cyril Bernard Meyer, 13 Battalion, AIF, Germany, Switzerland, 1916-1917. Collection consists of various documents issued to Meyer while he was a prisoner of war, Red Cross postcards, and a snapshot of a wedding party taken in Switzerland in 1917. The unidentified groom is probably one of many disabled prisoners of war who were transferred from German POW camps to Switzerland before being repatriated to England during the war.
History / Summary
Lieutenant Meyer was wounded and taken prisoner at Pozieres in August 1916. He was transferred from a German POW camp to Konstanz, Switzerland, as an incapacitated combatant prisoner in December 1916. In September 1917, Meyer was repatriated to London.
Biographical note: Lieutenant Cyril Bernard Meyer, 13 Battalion, AIF. Commercial traveller, of Sydney, born Darlinghurst, NSW, 6 May 1818; was in the Naval Volunteers, and a member of the Edgecliff Rifle Club; joined the AIF on 29 October 1915 and was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in reinforcements of the 13th Battalion; 21 March 1916 - taken on strength of 13 Battalion; 7 April 1916 - promoted Lieutenant; 14 August 1916 - wounded at Pozieres and taken prisoner; 16 October 1918 - AIF appointment terminated.