| Accession Number | P05901.056 |
|---|---|
| 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 Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4857 Private (Pte) Joseph Frederick Stiles, ...
Description
Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 4857 Private (Pte) Joseph Frederick Stiles, 53rd Battalion from Sydney, NSW, at a POW Camp at Schneidemuhl, Germany. Pte Stiles enlisted at the age of 39 on 27 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 8 March 1916 aboard HMAT Star of England. He was captured at Fleurbaix, France, on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW until he was repatriated to England on 1 December 1918. Pte Stiles arrived back in Australia on 23 April 1919. 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.