| Accession Number | P05901.022 |
|---|---|
| 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 an Australian Prisoner of War (POW) at Schneidemuhl POW camp, Germany, ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of an Australian Prisoner of War (POW) at Schneidemuhl POW camp, Germany, dressed in a fur coat and hat. The POW has been identified as 1197 Private (Pte) Ernest Hansen Noll, 29th Battalion, from Fitzroy, Victoria who enlisted at the age of 22 on 1 July 1915 and embarked for overseas on 10 November 1915 aboard HMAT Ascanius. He was captured at Fleurbaix, France, on 20 July 1916 and held at POW camps at Dulmen and Schneidemuhl, Germany. Pte Noll was repatriated to England on 1 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 31 May 1919. The handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "Best wishes to Jim from E.H. Mc Harg, 31 Freeman Street, Nth Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria." For some reason, Pte Noll has used his own initials but his mother's surname and address. 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.