| Accession Number | P05901.076 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany: Schneidemuhl |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of three allied Prisoner of War (POW) at a POW camp at Schneidemuhl, Germany. ...
Description
Studio portrait of three allied Prisoner of War (POW) at a POW camp at Schneidemuhl, Germany. Identified on the far left is 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. 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.