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POSTCARD: CAMP OF TURKISH PRISONERS, DARDANELLES 1915

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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cwa-org-43-1985.722
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Width
140 mm
Height or length
95 mm
Year
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World War I and family history. Postcard from Herman Abelman showing a Turkish POW camp in the Dardanelles

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