Description
Informal portrait of unidentified allied Prisoners of War (POW) unloading parcels from a horse-drawn cart at the Schneidemuhl POW camp, north of Posen, Germany. 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.
Details
Accession Number
P05901.059
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Credit Line
Kindly donated by Ramsgate R.S.L.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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Conflicts
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