Description
Seated at a long table, shell-shock patients wait to begin their Christmas dinner in a ward of No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Kent. Notice the special arrangements made for the soldier in the foreground, who is seated in a wheelchair. The ward has been decorated with paper streamers and garlands of holly or ivy.
Details
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 25 December 1916
Credit Line
Lent by Colonel H A Powell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
People
Conflicts