posted on 2024-01-16, 15:02authored byLest We Forget Project Team
Harry was interned in Holland in Groningen, Holland in 1915. He was injured aboard a Merchant Naval vessel which was being used as a ferry ship during the war. He was admitted to the Samaritan Hospital, Colon, Panama and subsequently discharged from the hospital on 18th June 1919. He died on month later.
The box contains birth, marriage and death certificates. It is not clear what happened to Harry between being interned in Holland and being in hospital in Panama.
History
Name of contributor(s)
Fiona Neville-Rutherford
Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to
Harry Buch
Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place
1915-1919
Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place
Groningen, Holland; Samaritan Hospital, Colon, Panama
Object(s)
A jewellery box and items given to Fiona by an aunt relating to Harry Buch (no relation).