Friday 28 August 2020

Ephemera

 Definition: Ephemera - Items that were not expected to be retained or preserved.

Father Paul Juneau was a Quebecois Catholic priest who was captured/rescued after the ship on which he was a passenger was sunk. (Ian Nowell)

A sketch of Spittal-an-der-Drau drawn by Sgt Maj Allan Stockfeld, AIF, drawn during his stay in Stalag 18B before being transferred to Stalag 383 at Hohenfels. (18A website)
... provided by Ian Nowell

The following postcards are from Kevin Byrne's collection


Drawn by Driver Cyril May (Royal Army Service Corps)





















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