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Item IDP10550.091
PhotographerThuillier, Louis
Place madeFrance: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt
Date Made17 November 1918
Copyright holderAustralian Capital Equity Pty Ltd
CollectionPhotograph
Credit lineCourtesy Kerry Stokes Collection, the Louis and Antoinette Thuillier Collection
Description18th and 19th Battalion bandsmen march through the streets of Vignacourt, followed by a group of local children, on the way to the Vignacourt cemetery for a commemoration ceremony held by the Mayor of Vignacourt. Australian soldiers and townspeople look on.

From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.

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McKenzie says:

It's great getting a little look at what the world was like for people in towns where armies were staying or passing through.

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