Worsfold, Donald Frank (Private)

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: Egypt, Cairo Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Mena Africa: Egypt, Suez Canal Europe: Germany, Moosburg Europe: Greece, Athens Europe: Greece, Crete, Canea Europe: Greece, Crete, Retimo Europe: Greece, Crete, Sfakia Europe: Greece, Crete, Suda Bay Europe: United Kingdom, England, Hampshire, Aldershot Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Gaza Middle East: British Mandate of Palestine, Palestine, Jerusalem Oceania: Australia, South Australia
Accession Number	PR03453
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: +1 folio
Object type	Album, Papers
Maker	Unknown
Place made	British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Egypt, Germany: Munich, Greece, Greece: Crete, North Africa: Libya, United Kingdom: England, United Kingdom: England, Hampshire, Aldershot
Date made	1940 - 1945
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945

Description

Collection relating to the service of NX4218 Private Donald Frank Worsfold, 2/3 Battalion, Second World War. Collection comprises service documents, postcards, a photo album, with headings, captions, drawings and a poem.

History / Summary

The album is well presented, with headings, captions, borders and embellishments done by hand. The first page, entitled "Memories of Crete", contains photographs of original graves of Australian soldiers, including that of NX125 Captain Orpen Boyd Moriarty, and a related poem. Captured in the photographs are military, recreational, cultural, and architectural themes. There are photographs of men in stage costumes; of Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, near Munich; and photographs taken in Westendlager, a staging camp in Munich. Pasted into the back of the album are three pencil drawings.