• Title
  Harris narrative of the capture of S.S. Matunga and experiences as a prisoner of war, ca. 1918 / Keith Harris
• Creator
  Keith Harris
• Call number
  MLMSS 1295
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1918
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  865465
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Keith Harris, a boy of fifteen sailed from Sydney on 27 July 1917 as a member of the crew of S.S. Matunga bound for Newcastle, Brisbane, Rabaul and the Pacific Islands. The vessel was captured by the German Navy raider SMS Wolf on 6 August 1917, the crew were taken on board the SMS Wolf, landed at Kiel, Germany six months later, and were interned at a POW camp at Gustrow, Germany. Harris remained there until he was repatriated to England in December 1918.
• Scope and Content
  An account of the capture and sinking of the S.S. Matunga on 26 Aug. 1917 by the German raider Wolf, also the sinking of the Japanese ship Hitachi Maru, the American barque John H. Kirby, the French barque Marshal Devout and the Norwegian barque Store Brore. Describes his journey between decks to Keil, Germany 24 Feb. 1918, life in German prisoner of war camps, mutiny amongst the German Navy at Kiel, and his return to London via Denmark and Scotland after the Armistice.
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D04594/a3040.htm
• General note
  
  Microfilm copy available at CY 4884, frames 213 – 252
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
  Digital order no:Album ID : 897736
• Conservation note
  
  Requires rehousing.
• Name
  Matunga (ship)
  Wolf (Ship)
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
  Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
  Soldiers--Australia.
  World War, 1914-1918--Prisons and prisoners.
  World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, Australian.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Life Interrupted: Personal Diaries from World War I - State Library of New South Wales (5 July - 21 September, 2014)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE606059

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