The Right Honourable (Rt Hon) William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (centre, holding ...

Place Europe: France
Accession Number EZ0029
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original transparency (positive)
Maker British Official Photographer
Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Armentieres, Croix du Bac
Date made 1 June 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The Right Honourable (Rt Hon) William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (centre, holding his hat), with Lieutenant Colonel William Walker Watson CMG VD CB, watches Australian soldiers marching past some of their billets in a French village west of Armentieres. The Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, High Commissioner for Australia (wearing a light coloured jacket) is standing to the right of the doorway of the building, which is possibly a restaurant.