A chunk of white Chalk Rock Mounted on a dark stained timber plaque Under the chalk is a dark coloured brass plateThis chalk is from the trench system at the Australian position, "Battle of Fromelles" 19 July 1916 Brass plate on back of item states " Collected and Presented by President Peter Fraser After His Tour Of World War One Battlefields - 2003"chalk, ww1, fromelles, trench system, france

A rare portrait of Henri Heremene. A french orphan, probably stunted by malnutrition, he was unofficially adopted by the Number 4 squadron, Australian flying corps when he wandered into their Christmas dinner at an airfield near cologne, Germany in 1918. Nickname "Digger," Henri came under the care of Private Timothy Tovell. With a tailored AIF uniform made for him, he was smuggled to Australia in1919, where he was adopted by the Tovell family. He remained traumatised by the war and died in 1928 from injuries received in a motorcycle accident in Melbourne. Black and white print of a young Henri Heremene.At the top of the photography it says "Aust flying corps (mascot)"henri heremene, a.f.c, afc, australian flying corps, aif, a.i.f, ww1, world war 1

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Men (mostly mechanics) of the Australian flying corps line up for dinner, Northern France or Belgium. Circa 1918Black and white print of soldiers waiting for the dinner.At the bottom of the photograph the caption says "waiting for dinner"afc, a.f.c, ww1, world war 1, dinner, camp

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A self-portrait, hand-coloured, of 9886 Private Les Chandler in France in 1916. For many Australians the arrival of snow was initially a great novelty. The appeal quickly wore off. The European winter of 1916. The coldest in decades caused further misery for front line troops. hand coloured photoles chandler, 1916, winter, hand-coloured, ww1, aif, a.i.f, world war 1