E04138 Accession Number: E04138

Description

Unidentified members of the 5th Australian Division with a group of Belgian children, following a fete given by the division for the amusement of the villagers. The toys the children are carrying are possibly gifts from the division. Note the small child (back row) wearing a miniature Australian uniform.

Details

Accession Number
E04138
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
10 January 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Events

Accession E04138

More like this

E04140

Photograph E04140 Period 1910-1919

Unidentified members of the 5th Australian Division with a group of Belgian civilians, mostly children, during a fete the division held for the villagers. The children are holding up toys, probably g

E04137

Photograph E04137 Period 1910-1919

A group of Belgian children, some holding toys, at a fete held by the 5th Australian Division. Note unidentified soldiers amidst the crowd carrying children. One child (centre right) is wearing a sl

E04141

Photograph E04141 Period 1910-1919

An outdoors group portrait of Belgian Sisters-of-Mercy and orphans taken during a fete held by men of the 5th Australian Division. The children are holding toys, probably gifts from the division.

E04142

Photograph E04142 Period 1910-1919

An outdoors group portrait of a Belgian priest and an Australian padre with some village children, all unidentified. The children are holding toys, possibly gifts from the 5th Australian Division, wh

E04139

Photograph E04139 Period 1910-1919

An outdoor informal group portrait of four unidentified Australian members of the 5th Australian Division holding four Belgian children, taken at the village where the division was billeted. Belgian

Digger departs (Dinkum Aussie issue)

Art ART40934 First World War, 1914-1918

Blaiberg depicts a soldier, his wife and their four small children walking up a makeshift gang plank onto an imaginary ship on which they are about to leave for Australia after he has been demobilised

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 17 December 2025 - 2.08 am