Eight members of the Chinese Labour Corps at a railway yard with three unidentified staff of the ...

Place Europe: Belgium
Accession Number C01358
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium
Date made October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Eight members of the Chinese Labour Corps at a railway yard with three unidentified staff of the 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company. The soldier second from the left is a corporal. Large numbers of labourers went from Britain to France to work on roads and railways.