E05468 Accession Number: E05468

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An informal group portrait of unidentified members of the Australian Graves Detachment, French civilians, a New Zealand staff sergeant, a French soldier and Miss Ettie A Rout, gathered in front of building ruins. Miss Rout ran the YMCA club in the village which was used by troops stationed in the Villers-Bretonneux area. She was an Australian born, New Zealand bred, venereal disease campaigner who in 1915 formed the New Zealand Volunteer Sisterhood. During the war she also ran several soldier's clubs in Egypt, England and France. In 1919 and 1920 she ran a Red Cross depot in Villers-Bretonneux and was awarded a French decoration for this work.

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Accession Number
E05468
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Date Made
25 July 1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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