"Corporal Leslie P. Sole"
Production date
Circa 1915
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Corporal Leslie P. Sole, who died of wounds at Gallipolli on 9 May 1915. Sole is depicted in military uniform. The photograph has been touched up by hand and given a soft, painterly appearance. The photograph is matted and below the image there is a small cut out in the mat with the words "Corporal Leslie P. Sole / Died of wounds, May 9th, 1915" written by hand.
A newspaper clipping from The Taranaki Herald (dated Thursday, September 9, 1915) adhered to rear reads: "Lieutenant F. Hartnell, writing of the engagement at Gallipoli in which Corporal Les. Sole fell mortally wounded says: "The advance of C Company (Taranaki) was, to use the words of an Imperial officer of repute, 'the finest thing I have ever seen.' The man who lead Taranaki's advance line of scouts in this advance was our late Comrade, Corporal Sole, New Zealand has sent many men to the front who physically were his superior but for downright British grit none could displace him. Truely can it be said he died one of New Zealand's heroes".
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