A senior French Army officer placing a wreath on an Australian soldier's grave during the ...

Accession Number H11805
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Mont St Quentin
Date made 30 August 1925
Conflict Period 1920-1929
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A senior French Army officer placing a wreath on an Australian soldier's grave during the ceremony of the unveiling of the 2nd Australian Army Divisional Memorial. In the foreground is the grave of 1980 Private Thomas Skelly of the 54th Battalion, AIF, who was killed in action on 1 September 1918. (Donor Department of Defence)