| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P01981.014 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) at Senne II Sennelager POW Camp Germany. Identified ...
Description
Studio portrait of two Prisoners of War (POW) at Senne II Sennelager POW Camp Germany. Identified on right is 1154 Private (Pte) John Cunningham, 22nd Battalion from Cheltenham Victoria. The unidentified POW on left (POW number 99891) is wearing cap badges RFS (Royal Scots Fusiliers) and the exploding bomb. Pte Cunningham enlisted on 7 May 1915 and embarked for overseas on 10 May 1915 aboard HMAT Ulysses. He was captured on the Somme on 4 August 1916 and held as a POW and assigned POW number 16863. He wrote from Sennelager on 3 September 1917 “I am alright but my head gives me trouble sometimes.” Pte Cunningham was repatriated to England on 15 December 1918 and embarked to return to Australia on 3 March 1919. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 49.