| Accession Number | P04107.001 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Darge Photographic Company |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows |
| Date made | October 1914 - 22 December 1914 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio group portrait of nine band members taken at the Broadmeadows Training Camp. Identified: ...
Description
Studio group portrait of nine band members taken at the Broadmeadows Training Camp. Identified: back row: far right; 1030 Private (Pte) Mark Albert Buttel, B Company, 13th Battalion, a butcher of Redfern, NSW. Pte Buttel enlisted on 28 September 1914 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAR Ulysses on 22 December 1914. He served at Gallipoli, France and the Western Front. He was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) on 10 April 1917 at Riencourt and originally interned at Limburg POW camp. On 20 November 1917 he was transferred to Friedrichsfeld POW camp. After nearly two years in captivity he was released and arrived in Leith, Scotland on 19 January 1919 and admitted to hospital. He left for return to Australia on the hospital ship Bremen on 4 June 1919. The soldier second left back row appears to be wearing a service ribbon from the South African war.