A crowd of officers and soldiers watching the Dinkum Diamond Race Meeting, run by the 2nd ...

Accession Number C03289
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France
Date made November 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A crowd of officers and soldiers watching the Dinkum Diamond Race Meeting, run by the 2nd Australian Division at Tetry, France. The race meeting was given a distinctively Australian name; 'Dinkum' is Australian slang for genuine, and diamond was the shape of the colour patches of the division.

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