First World War internee Walter Szameitat and one other inside an internment hut, Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man
Date(s): ?1918
Scope & Content: The identification as Walter Szameitat is derived from the prisoner number 17832 which appears on the glass plate, and comparison with the repatriation lists which appear on the ICRC website. His Red Cross information bureau number was 15463. Arrived Knockaloe 15/9/15. Appears on a November 1914 list of prisoners: Age 21. Home address: 3 Poole Street, Manchester. Born: Norburg.
Nationality: German
He is identified as the man on the left by comparison with another image in this series
see also: PG/7870/40403
Language: English
Extent: overall: 16 cm x 12 cm
Physical description: Black & white glass half-plate negative
Item name: photograph
Collection: Photographic Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: PG/7870/40402
Subject tags : hut interior.