P10550.006
Copyright: © Australian War Memorial licensed copyright
| Item ID | P10550.006 |
| Photographer | Thuillier, Louis |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt |
| Date Made | c 1916-1918 |
| Copyright holder | Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd |
| Collection | Photograph |
| Credit line | Courtesy Kerry Stokes Collection, the Louis and Antoinette Thuillier Collection |
| Description | Group portrait of three unidentified Australian soldiers wearing sheepskin vests. Sheep or goatskin vests were issued in the winter of 1916-17 as it was the coldest winter, on the Somme, for over a decade. From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918. |
This photograph appears in the exhibition Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt
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McKenzie says:
Oh this is just fantastic! I love getting a look at the everyday life of the soldiers, the kind of things that aren't in the history books.
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