| Accession Number | AWM2021.142.17 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Place made | Greece: Crete |
| Date made | c 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
B&W Portrait with inscriptions: from "Corpie"
Description
Portrait of "Corpie". "This funny looking thing is/ beleive it or not and, the/ thing along side me is/ a water elevator used instead/ of apump. It is usually pulled/ round by a donkey but anything/ does they even wanted me to./ To Bub from "Corpie"."
Images related to correspondence to and from (returned mail from temporarily missing servicemen) Anne Smith to 20 penfriends, most of them strangers (she did ultimately marry one of them, NX7194 Pte Fred McSweeney). The collection is a mix of letters, postcards and Christmas cards. The names of the penfriends are NX9237 Sgt Frank Abbott, Q125044 LSgt Brendan Allen, NX4148 Pte Eric Banfield, NX7968 Pte Cecil Barr, NX20655 Cpl Charles Beaver, NX60382 Pte George Beaver, QX51761 Dvr William Campbell, V43511 Pte Alan Dunstan, NX70078 Spr Charles Dyball, NX5371 LCpl Jack Ellis, Eric Godfrey (HMAS Melville), NX4602 Pte Peter Jefferson, N131536 Pte Colin Lyon, NX3098 Pte Frank Macauley, NX7194 Pte Fred McSweeney, NX5952 Pte Bill Quinnell, NX83021 Gnr Arthur Ryan, NX8495 Pte Ray Simms, NX60694 Sgt Frederick Smith and NX3316 Gnr Clarence Wragg.