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Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3782 Private (Pte) Jack Geddes, 13th Battalion, from Parkes, NSW dressed in German hospital clothes in the grounds of the military hospital at Sennelager, Germany. Pte Geddes enlisted at the age of 22 on 8 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 20 December 1915 aboard HMAT Suevic. He was wounded and captured at Pozieres, France on 15 August 1916 and held as a POW in various camps in Germany. Whilst at Senne he wrote on 25 April 1918 "I think I shall remain in this Camp for some time so I can live in hopes of receiving my parcels in more regular periods. As the head of the selection committee I should like to thank you once again for your great promptness in despatch and the splendid selection of food." He was repatriated via Holland to England arriving on 18 August 1918 suffering from tuberculosis. Handwritten note on back of photograph reads "Dear Miss Chomley, I trust you will accept this small token of gratitude, from a repatriated man, who shall never cease to remember the great kindness and help he received from you during his two years enforced sojourn in Germany. Jack Geddes. Photo taken in hospital clothes at Senne Lager, Germany 1/4/18." Pte Geddes arrived back in Australia on 5 January 1919 and died on 14 June 1921. 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 212.
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 unidentif
Studio portrait of two Australian Prisoners of War (POW) at Friedrichsfeld POW camp, Germany. On left is 3581A Private (Pte) George Henry Rolls, 53rd Battalion, from Inverell, NSW and on right is 5366
Studio portrait of ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 1065 Private (Pte) Claud Bates, 13th Battalion, from West Maitland, NSW who enlisted on 30 January 1916 at the age of 21 and embarked for overseas with the
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3647 Private (Pte) George Joseph Henry, 54th Battalion, from Dubbo, NSW taken whilst at Friedrichsfeld POW camp, Germany. Pte Henry enlisted at the
Outdoor portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3515 Private (Pte) Alan Campbell, 53rd Battalion, from Rozelle, NSW. at POW camp Senne II, Sennelager, Germany dated 5 December 1917. Pte Campbell
Studio portrait of Australian Prisoner of War (POW) 3382 Private (Pte) Thomas St John, 54th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW. Pte St John enlisted on 8 August 1915 at the age of 22 and embarked for oversea
