Australian athletes taking party in the March Past at the opening ceremonies of the Inter Allied ...

Accession Number E05347
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Paris
Date made 22 June 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian athletes taking party in the March Past at the opening ceremonies of the Inter Allied Games held at the Pershing Stadium, Paris. Carrying the flag is Captain Gilbert Gordon Coghill MC, 35th Battalion from Sydney, NSW and behind him and to his left is Lieutenant Charles Joseph Kelaher, 13th Battalion from Paddington, NSW. The salute was taken by General Pershing, Commander in Chief of the American Forces.