An AIF soldier returning home from overseas is greeted with outstretched arms by his mother at ...

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Accession Number H11575
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Fishwick, Herbert H
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An AIF soldier returning home from overseas is greeted with outstretched arms by his mother at the Anzac Buffet in Hyde Park.
As men started returning from the front, the Anzac Buffet became the place where men were welcomed home.