An incredible cache of 3000 glass plate photographic negatives — featuring Australia’s first Diggers on history’s bloodiest battlefield, the Western Front was located in a disused barn in a French village. Many of the photos are the only - or last images of men before they died.
800 of The plates have been purchased by an Australian businessman and donated to the War Museum. They have started a project to identify each and every soldier in the photos.
74 of the images have been reproduced so far - and are available for the public to view.
Looking at the images there are other nationalities - including British, French, Australian, US, and Indian soldiers, Chinese labour corps, and French civilians.
What an amazing find. Can you believe they turned up in a barn. Makes you wonder what else is lying around in the homes and barns of people in villages everywhere.
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800 of The plates have been purchased by an Australian businessman and donated to the War Museum. They have started a project to identify each and every soldier in the photos.
74 of the images have been reproduced so far - and are available for the public to view.
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/remember-me/
Looking at the images there are other nationalities - including British, French, Australian, US, and Indian soldiers, Chinese labour corps, and French civilians.