Mixed collection related to Private Frank Leslie Corpe (3718)

Accession Number P11644.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Germany
Date made 25 December 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian prisoners of war (POWs) attend a Christmas Day lunch, probably at Stendal camp. Identified at the front of the front, right table is 3718 Private (Pte) Frank Leslie Corpe, 13th Battalion who was captured at Riencourt, Germany on 11 April 1917, and was first interned in Dulmen camp. He returned to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HMAT Medic. Frank Corpe also served in the Second World War. This image is from the collection of Frank Corpe.