Description
Informal group portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) inside the church at the Schneidemuhl POW camp, north of Posen. Identified third from left is 3235 Corporal (Cpl) James Skelly, 55th Battalion, from Rockdale NSW. Cpl Skelly enlisted at the age of 21 on 9 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 30 December 1915 aboard HMAT Suevic. He was captured at Laventie, France on 20 July 1916 and held in POW camps in Germany until he was repatriated to Holland on 13 June 1918. He arrived in England on 22 November 1918. Cpl Skelly embarked to return to Australia on 5 March 1919 and was discharged on 20 June 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 10.
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Accession Number
P01981.006
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Polyester
Credit Line
Donor M E Chomley
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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