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Postcard. [PRG 1710/6/2/R] • Mixed material

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Summary

Village of Gemund, in the Eifel region of Germany, black and white. On reverse is message written by 'Les' to his friends Maynard Cole and Fred Pritchard, describing orders to move and travelling through the countryside.

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Electronic files (text, images)
4 electronic files : 331 MB

Dates / Publication details

7 May 1919

Creator

Cole (Family

Subject

Cockshell, Leslie William, 1898-1964
Cole, Maynard Johnson, 1898-1952
Pritchard, Frederick, 1899-
Australia. Army. Medical Corps.
World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Australian.
Soldiers -- South Australia.

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General notes

See also B 73349 for photographs collected by Maynard Cole relating to the First World War, including photographs of Maynard Cole and Leslie Cockshell.

Historical information

No. 63945 Private Leslie William Cockshell was born in Terowie in 1898 to William George Cockshell and wife Laura Eliza Crowhurst. He was working as a clerk in Laura, South Australia, before he enlisted with the AIF on 21 July 1917, aged 18. He served with the Army Medical Corps, alongside his friends No. 63959 Private Frederick Pritchard and No. 63946 Private Maynard Johnson Cole. He embarked with his unit from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board the HMAT A36 'Boonah' on 29 October 1918, served in France, Belgium and Germany, was transferred to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, and returned to Australia in December 1919. He married Una Buckland in 1927 and died in 1964.

Digitisation information

Date

04/08/2017

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,672 x 3,775 pixels (21.4 MP)

Size

64.26 MB

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