| Accession Number | P05901.004 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany: Schneidemuhl |
| Date made | 24 May 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Indoor portrait of British Prisoner of War (POW) Corporal Charles Holliday at Schneidemuhl POW ...
Description
Indoor portrait of British Prisoner of War (POW) Corporal Charles Holliday at Schneidemuhl POW camp, Germany. Image was taken inside the barracks with postcards and photographs of other soldiers and family groups on the walls. One of a series of over 80 photographs of Allied POWs in the camp at Schneidemuhl, given to 3235 Corporal (Cpl) James Skelly, 55th Battalion, from Rockdale, NSW, by fellow POWs as a souvenir of their time together. Cpl Skelly was a self-described “special correspondent” for the Australian Red Cross while at Schneidemuhl and originally donated these photographs to the Ramsgate R.S.L. The original is stored in the AWM archive store.