| Accession Number | P05901.073 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Den Drijver, H C |
| Place made | Germany: Schneidemuhl |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 2650 Corporal (Cpl) Joseph Ross Furniss, 55th ...
Description
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 2650 Corporal (Cpl) Joseph Ross Furniss, 55th Battalion, from Eastwood, NSW who enlisted on 6 August 1915 at the age of 28 and embarked for overseas on 2 November 1915 aboard HMAT Euripides. He was captured at Laventie, France, on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany until repatriated to Holland on 13 August 1918. Cpl Furniss arrived in England on 22 November 1918 and 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 RSL. The original is stored in the AWM archive store.