| Accession Number | P03236.102 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Switzerland: Vaud, Montreux |
| Date made | c April 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Frederick James Sydney ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of Australian ex-Prisoner of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Frederick James Sydney Hoad, 7th Battalion, from Malvern, Victoria. Capt Hoad enlisted at the age of 31 on 18 August 1914 and embarked for overseas on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata. He was captured at Pozieres, France on 18 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany. He wrote from POW Camp Grafenwohr "I cannot remain seated for any length of time and seldom free from pain, but thank goodness it is not unbearable, I am suffering from varicose veins, caused I think through my wounds, they are very painful." Capt Hoad was transferred to Switzerland in November 1917, arrived in London on 12 December 1918 and disembarked in Australia on 30 January 1919. Captain Hoad was a veteran of the Boer War and also served in Australia in the Second World War; he died of illness on 2 February 1941. 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 130.