P00167.002
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- ID number
- P00167.002
- Object type
- Black & white
- Physical description
- Black & white
- Collection
- Photograph
- Description
- GERMANY, C. 1916. PORTRAIT OF TWO GERMAN CHILDREN AGED ABOUT SIX AND FOUR. THEIR FATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CREW OF A 28 CM RAILWAY GUN CAPTURED NEAR HARBONNIERES IN FRANCE ON 1918-08-08 BY TROOPS OF THE AUSTRALIAN 8TH INFANTRY BRIGADE. THE FATHER IS SHOWN IN P0167/04/01. INSCRIPTION ON VERSO BY AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER: "A SOUVENIR LIKE THIS I THINK HELPS US TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE TO WAR. HOWEVER, ITS NOT AS BAD AS IT MIGHT BE FOR THEIR FATHER IN ALL PROBABILITY NOW A PRISONER AS ALL THE CREW WERE CAPTURED. YOU MIGHT SEE SOME RESEMBLANCE IN ONE OF THE MEN IN THE PHOTO. IVOR 1918-08-12." AUTHOR WAS 3411 IVOR EDWARD MACKIE, 31ST BATTALION.
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