The grave of 79736 Private William Henry Malthouse, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary ...

The grave of 79736 Private William Henry Malthouse, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN & MEF), of Burwood NSW (originally from Surrey, England), who died of illness on 6 December 1918 according to the Roll of Honour, the date on the headstone reads 7 December 1918. Private Malthouse was buried in the cemetery of the prisoner of war Lager at Gustrow. The monument reads 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF PTE W H MALTHOUSE 2nd Australian N & M Forces. Prisoner Of War. Died at Gustrow on 7th December 1918. Aged 53 years. RIP Erected by his Australian Fellow Prisoners. Flowers and a wreath with a torn ribbon have been placed on the grave and a type of grass is growing around the base of the grave. The graves of other soldiers are in the background. Private Malthouse had been aboard ss Matunga bound for Rabaul, New Britain, when the vessel was captured by the German Navy raider Wolf. Wolf escorted Matunga north west to Offak Bay in Waigeu Island and a fortnight after arriving there, 26 August 1917, unloaded personnel and cargo and sank the ship.