Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiries Bureau Correspondence

1   Missing 26-8-16
Prisoner of War
Interned at Gef: III Munster.i.Westf:
Certified by Letter from Sergt C Anderson
London 14-10-16

2      Prisoner of War

Interned Wittenberg
"This leaves me well.  I have now moved to another Kommando. I suffered a delay (of parcels) for sometime, but am alright now.  The parcels are splendid"
London 13/6/18

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Mrs. H. Williams, of 2884 Federal road, Kalgoorlie, is in receipt of two cards from her brother, Private John Cowden, 28th Battalion, A.I.F., who is now a prisoner of war, in Germany. One card, dated March 18, comes from the Stendal, and the other from Wittenburg. Writing from Stendal, Private Cowden says : — ''Just a line hoping you are all well at Kalgoorlie. I suppose you will be surprised  to hear from me. Anyhow, I am still alive. I was taken prisoner  on November 16. I am camped with Victor Trengrove, with whom I used to go to school in Kalgoorlie. He has been looking after me since I  came out of hospital.'' The card   from Wittenburg states: — 'I am getting on alright since I came out of hospital. I am on the land, working, which suits me. Victor Trengrove and I are working together, with another Australian.'

PERSONAL ITEMS. (1917, July 17). Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 - 1950), p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92832001