E04526 Accession Number: E04526

Description

A group of unidentified Australian soldiers and a fifteen year old Belgian boy (left), who was adopted by the Australians as a mascot, warming themselves around a brazier. The boy is wearing an Australian uniform with sergeant's stripes. His parents had been killed in earlier fighting at Dixmude, Belgium. When the Australians moved out the Royal Fusiliers took care of him.

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Accession Number
E04526
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
November 1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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