On-stage portrait of two cast members of a play produced by Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW ...

On-stage portrait of two cast members of a play produced by Prisoners of War (POW) at German POW Camp Schneidemuhl, Germany. Identified on left is 1112 Sgt Reginald James Camden, 11th Battalion, from Blackboy Hill Western Australia and on right is 3953 Sergeant (Sgt) Joesph Chandlot Clarence Whitbread, 13th Battalion from Annandale NSW. Sgt Camden enlisted at the age of 19 on 21 September 1914 and embarked for overseas on 22 December 1914 aboard HMAT Themistocles. After serving at Gallipoli, Sgt Camden went on to serve on the Western Front where he was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the operations of 22-25 July 1916 which culminated in the capture of Pozieres. He was captured on 15 April 1917 at Lagnicourt near Bullecourt, France and held as a POW in Germany until repatriated to England on 4 January 1919. Sgt Camden embarked to return to Australia in April 1919.Sgt Whitbread enlisted at the age of 21 on 30 August 1915 and embarked for overseas on 20 December 1915 aboard HMAT Suevic. He was captured at Riencourt, France on 11 April 1917 and held as a POW in Germany. He wrote from POW Camp Schneidemuhl on 13 February 1918 "We had a great concert last week, it was quite original - I wrote the piece myself and made all the costumes." Sgt Whitbread was repatriated to England on 1 December 1918 and arrived back in Australia on 23 April 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 129.