| Accession Number | P05901.014 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany: Schneidemuhl |
| Date made | c 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Outdoor portrait of two unidentified allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Schneidemuhl POW camp in ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of two unidentified allied Prisoners of War (POW) at Schneidemuhl POW camp in Germany. The soldier standing is an Australian and the other British. The name Leonard Dawson is inscribed on the back of the photograph, presumably one of the two pictured, but it is unclear to which soldier this refers. 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.