Collection lent by Colonel H A Powell AAMC Accession Number: C02337

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

Accession Number
C02337
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 25 December 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Colonel H A Powell
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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