Informal portrait of three women. Written on the back of the photograph is the note 'Jen Skatt & ...

Accession Number P03668.013
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Maker Unknown
Date made c August 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of three women. Written on the back of the photograph is the note 'Jen Skatt & I in England. Les trois graces! Bonne Amities', Marthe. Captain Francis Palmer Selleck, 24th Battalion, of Numurkah, Vic, befriended Marthe during his service in France. On 12 November 1918 she penned him a card which remarked how beautiful her Paris was now the war was over and thanked him and all who fought for her country.

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