Research Catalog

Title

The lost diggers / Ross Coulthart.

Author

Coulthart, Ross

Publication

Sydney South, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.

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Description

399 pages : illustrations (black and white); 31 cm

Summary

During the First World War, thousands of Aussie diggers and other Allied troops passed through the French town of Vignacourt, two hours north of Paris. Many had their photographs taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier as souvenirs while they enjoyed a brief respite from the carnage of the Western Front. For all too many, this was their last moment away from the lines before being sent to their deaths in battles that are now part of the mythology of Australian nationhood - Pozieres, Bullecourt, the Somme. The weariness and horror of battle is reflected in their eyes, but the photos also capture a sense of camaraderie, high spirits and even a soupcon of romance. The Lost Diggers is the riveting detective story of the hunt across northern France for a rumoured treasure trove of antique glass photographic plates that led investigative journalist Ross Coulthart to an ancient metal chest in a dusty attic in a small farmhouse.

Subject

• Australian War Memorial > Photograph collections
• Australian War Memorial
• 1914-1918
• World War, 1914-1918 > Australia > Pictorial works
• World War, 1914-1918 > France > Pictorial works
• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front > Pictorial works
• War photography > France > History
• War photography > Australia > History
• Soldiers > Australia > Pictorial works
• Military campaigns
• Photograph collections
• Soldiers
• War photography
• Australia
• France
• Western Front (World War (1914-1918))

Genre/Form

• History.
• Pictorial works.

Note

• Includes index.

ISBN

• 9780732294618
• 0732294614

LCCN

99959253689

OCLC

• 815511154
• ocn815511154
• SCSB-9614243

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries