E04136 Accession Number: E04136

Description

Three Australian soldiers at a memorial erected to the memory of Nurse Edith Cavell, a British nurse executed on 12 October 1915 by a German firing party. The memorial bears the words 'A MISS EDITH CAVELL, HOMMAGE A ANGLETERRE'. Note the British coat of arms on the right of the sculpture.

Details

Accession Number
E04136
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
9 January 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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