[Menu] ANZAC Commemoration Dinner

Accession Number PUB02887
Collection number Souvenirs 26 Collection (Menus) 2/5/16
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Souvenir
Place made France: Paris
Date made c 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright. Non-commercial use permitted.
Description

ANZAC Commemoration Dinner menu and music program given to Australian Soldiers in Paris by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Presidency of The Right Hon. William Hughes (then Austrailan Prime Minister) at Hotel Palais D'Orsay. The function was held on Saturday, April 19th, 1919, at 8 p.m. The evening's menu consisted of French dishes and included a musical program as entertainment. On the back page of the program is a poem about leaving Australian shores and taking up the cause for Australia.