Image Gallery: April 2008
Photographic exhibition on the Australian involvement on the Western Front during World War I
24 April 2008
The Australian Embassy in Paris played host to a photographic exhibition on the Australian involvement on the Western Front during World War I. The images were provided by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition was opened by the Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency David Ritchie and the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Honourable Alan Griffin.
This year, an Australian Defence Force contingent from Australia’s Federation Guard (AFG) supported by members from the Australian Army Band will provide ceremonial guards for services commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux.
Villers-Bretonneux was the most important of a series of battles fought by Australians that resisted German attacks on the Somme in the first half of 1918.
| 20080421adf8208022_012 Flying Officer Martin Alderette, a public affairs officer with the 1st Joint Public Affairs Unit, talks with Garde Republicaine Captain Gabriel Cortes about an image of the Western Front at the opening of a Photo Exhibition at the Australian Embassy in Paris. (Date taken: 21 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080421adf8208022_021 The Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency David Ritchie, addresses a crowd at the opening of a World War I Western Front photography display at the Australian Embassy in Paris, France. (Date taken: 21 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080421adf8208022_034 (L-R) The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Honourable Allan Griffin views an image with Warrant Officer Bill Degenero, the Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency David Ritchie, and Australian Cultural Attache Harriet O'Malley at the opening of a World War I Western Front photography display at the Australian Embassy in Paris, France. (Date taken: 21 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080421adf8208022_044 The Australian Ambassador to France, His Excellency David Ritchie (centre), watches on as The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Honourable Allan Griffin (right), signs a Villers-Bretonneux 90th Anniversary book for the Deputy Mayor of Somme shire town Dernancourt, Michel Lavielle, at the opening of a World War I Western Front photography display at the Australian Embassy in Paris, France. (Date taken: 21 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080421adf8208022_081 Australian Army Band Singer Corporal Simone Dew, 38, from Geelong in Victoria talks to event organiser Harriet O'Malley, whilst Australian Army Band Buglar Corporal Andrew Barnett, 31, from Adelaide in South Australia, watches on at the opening of a World War I Western Front photography display at the Australian Embassy in Paris, France. (Date taken: 21 April 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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