| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR01697 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter, Newspaper cutting |
| Maker |
Currie, Clyde Alexander |
| Place made | British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine |
| Date made | 1917-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Paltridge, George Richardson (Sergeant)
Description
Postcard written by Cpl Clyde Currie on behalf of wounded Australian POW, Sgt George Paltridge (both of Imperial Camel Corps Brigade). Currie wrote on the postcard because Paltridge was wounded in his writing hand. Both had been captured at the Second Battle of Gaza on 19 April, 1917. A German Luftwaffe serviceman apparently visited Australian POWs in Hospital in Tel-El-Sheria and offered to send the postcard to Paltridge's mother back in Australia. The German said he had been a wool buyer in Australia prior to the war and knew Paltridge's home state of South Australia quite well. The collection also includes photocopies of newspaper cuttings from 1919 relating Paltridge's repatriation to Australia.