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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 photo
A group of Army cooks in France. Date unknown.
"Some Cooks Cheers"
army, cooks, france, soldier, a.i.f, australian infantry force, australia, ww1
ww1, world war 1
Four photos on a page from an album
ww1, world war 1, england, church
ww1, world war 1, england, church, st. pauls, london
Four photos on a page from an album
ww1, world war 1, england, ship
Four photos on a page from an album
ww1, world war 1, boxing, church, england, river
three photos on a page from an album
ww1, world war 1, england
Four photos on a page from an album
ww1, world war 1, 1917, sport, soldiers, england
england, figheldean, river avon, ww1, world war 1
england, ww1, world war 1, amesbury, church yard, figheldean, village smithy, abbey, milston
1917, hmas ballarat, hms lookout, life boats, plymouth, city of edinburgh, destroyer
ww1, world war 1, hmas ballarat, life boats, hms phoenix
sierra leone, main street, harbour, ww1, world war 1, native quarters
sierra leone, freetown, free-town, ww1, world war 1, steamer, harbour, gold escort
sierra leone, ww1, world war 1, durban, south africa, train station, natives
sierra leone, 1917, freetown, free-town, ww1, world war 1, fruit market
sierra leone, harbour, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, natives, 1917
aif, a.i.f, ww1, world war 1, cape town, cape town harbour, gun, soldiers, nurses
cape town, south africa, lion's head mountain, ww1, world war 1, johannesburg express, train
cape town, cecil rhodes memorial, rondebosch, south africa, ww1, world war 1, cape town station
ww1, world war 1, lion's head mountain, cape town, south africa, parliament house cape town, whale skeletons, cape town museum
ww1, world war 1, cape town, south africa, adderly street, swan river, western australia
cape town, south africa, camps bay, cape town museum, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, gun
cape town, south africa, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f, camps bay, marine hotel, town pier, indian
perth, western australia, whale skeletons, cape town, adderly street, south africa, ww1, world war 1
fremantle, western australia, ww1, world war 1, 1917, cape town, south africa, table mountain, great australian bight
hmas ballarat, port melbourne, 1917, ww1, world war 1, band, perth, western australia
ww1, world war 1, chester, snow, winter
soldiers, camp, ww1, world war 1, aif, a.i.f
3rd light horse, 3rd light horse brigade, aif, a.i.f, staff leaders, ww1, world war 1
Victorian Collections acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.
