The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Buzuluk, Russia. November 1921. These children are victims of the famine in the southern regions of Russia at the end of the war. In many cases they were orphans whose parents are either dead or missing from the war. The Society of Friends (Quakers) had a receiving home in Buzuluk for the children who were brought in, cared for and fed. Some went on to another home at Paolooka for similar care. (Donor B. Holt)
Buzuluk, Russia. November 1921. An old building is used by the workers of the Society of Friends (Quakers) as a warehouse and centre from which all supplies are being distributed to those people who a
Paolooka, Russia. November 1921. These children are at the Children's Home set up by the Society of Friends (Quakers) for children suffering from malnutrition due to the famine in southern Russia at t
Buzuluk, Russia. November 1921. The bodies of children are piled up on the edge of a pit waiting for burial. Up to fifty bodies a day were buried here. The dead children were the victims of starvation
Buzuluk, Russia. November 1921. This man has the daily task of burying the bodies of children in a common pit. Up to fifty bodies a day were buried here. The dead children were the victims of starvati
Sermaize les Bains, France. c. 1919. An informal group of members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) with children and babies, probably orphans at the Sermaize Forest Hospital. The Society had organi
MEMBERS OF A SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) RELIEF GROUP FOR WAR VICTIMS UNPACKING SUPPLIES IN THE COMMON ROOM, C 1918. L TO R: MISS COLEBROOK; MISS BULLEY; ETHEL PYE; MARJORIE FRY. DONOR: B. HOLT
