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Subiaco Museum > Records

POSTCARD: CAMP OF TURKISH PRISONERS, DARDANELLES 1915

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1915

Overview

Postcard showing a camp for Turkish Prisoners in the Dardanelles in 1915. It features a number of officers and other men in various styles of clothing standing in a courtyard, with sheds in the background. In pencil at the right: 'We are getting plenty of these both wounded and unwounded.'
Reverse: Written on the reverse to Miss Ray Abelman, Subiaco: '14 August 1915. Was wounded last Saturday but it is not serious expect to rejoin battalion in a couple of weeks - Herman.'

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.722

Item type

Material

Width

140 mm

Height or length

95 mm

Keywords

Postcards, Other Than Subiaco

FITZPATRICK (Flynn), Daisy

Family Histories

Year

1915

Statement of significance

World War I and family history. Postcard from Herman Abelman showing a Turkish POW camp in the Dardanelles

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