| Accession Number | P05901.055 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany: Schneidemuhl |
| Date made | c December 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3539 Private (Pte) Norman Wilkinson, 54th ...
Description
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3539 Private (Pte) Norman Wilkinson, 54th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW, who enlisted at the age of 18 on 4 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. He was captured at Fleurbaix, France, on 20 July 1916 and interned at German POW Camp Dulmen and later transferred to a camp at Schneidemuhl. He was repatriated to England on 1 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 23 April 1919. The handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads "To Jim with very best wishes from Norman." 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.