Physical description
129 page book with soft beige, brown and black cover depicting three soldiers at the front during World War One. The book includes many photographs and artwork of Australians at the French front from November 1917 until the end of the war.
Photographers include Frank Hurley, E. Brooks, H.F. Baldwin and G.H. Wilkins. Artists include Crozier, W.L. King, Alan Lewis, Lothian, John Davis, S. Perks, I. Picking, Daryl Lindsay, Alf Saville, L.H. Howie, Stuart Shaw, P. Huthnance, Stiggo, S. Perks, C.H. Gould, Ted Canon, Bernie Bragg, S. Shaw, Will Dyson,
An introduction is written by W. Birdwood, France, 28 September 1917.
A number of pages have written notes on them by someone who had obviously been on the French Front. (These pages have been scanned and uploaded onto Victorian Collections.
Publication type
non-fiction
Summary
Photographic history of Australians during World War One
Keywords
- chatham family collection,
- chatham,
- world war one,
- world war 1,
- world war i,
- france,
- trenches,
- front line,
- birdwood,
- mark ridgeay,
- harold williamson,
- flanders,
- poziers,
- somme,
- becourt,
- mouquet farm,
- rupert whiteley,
- ypres,
- montauban,
- field cooker,
- gueudecourt,
- band,
- bapaume,
- bullecourt,
- h. murray,
- hindernburg wire,
- messines,
- howitzer,
- w. holmes. canon,
- ted canon,
- hill 60,
- gas masks,
- siege battery,
- menin road,
- ambulance,
- dressing station,
- glencorse wood,
- prisoners,
- pigeons,
- australian commonwealth military forces,
- sgs,
- chatham - holmes family archive
