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Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
From the collection of Tramways/East Melbourne RSL Sub Branch - RSL Victoria Listing id: 27511
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Plaque - Chalk rock, This chalk is from the WW1 French trench system

  • This chalk is from the Trench System of the Australian position at the Battle Of Fromelles, Northern France. 19 July 1916

    This chalk is from the WW1 French trench system.

Physical description

A chunk of white Chalk Rock
Mounted on a dark stained timber plaque
Under the chalk is a dark coloured brass plate

Inscriptions & markings

This 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"

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