| Accession Number | P03236.097 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Switzerland |
| Date made | January 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Passport photograph of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Charles Mills, 31st ...
Description
Passport photograph of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Charles Mills, 31st Battalion from Melbourne, Victoria. Capt Mills enlisted on 12 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 9 November 1915 aboard HMAT Wandilla. Having been wounded in the right arm and captured at Fleurbaix, France on 20 July 1916, he was held as a POW in Germany before being transferred to Switzerland in November 1917. He wrote from Switzerland on 8/2/18 "I am writing with left hand. Right hand operated on last Thursday. All O.K. Stones and Wells getting on alright too." Capt Mills arrived in England in January 1919 and disembarked in Melbourne in December 1919. Handwritten notes on face of postcard read ""Passport" photo taken last week. "For office use only". Chas. Mills Capt. 31st Bn A.I.F. Interné Suisse. 26/1/18." 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 126.