A Camera on the Somme
A Bendigo Art Gallery travelling exhibition 14 October 2010 - 6 February 2011

Jack Grinton

Jack Grinton August–November 1917
England
Collection Bendigo & Disitrict RSL Museum and Eaglehawk Heritage Society
Courtesy of Jean Ginton and Dorothy Hammer

Aus soldiers and children

Australian soldiers and French children 1918-19
France
Collection Bendigo & Disitrict RSL Museum and Eaglehawk Heritage Society
Courtesy of Jean Ginton and Dorothy Hammer

Bert with friends

Bert with two family friends 1918-19
Scotland
Collection Bendigo & Disitrict RSL Museum and Eaglehawk Heritage Society
Courtesy of Jean Ginton and Dorothy Hammer
 

Relaxing in huts

Relaxing in hutments 1918-19
France
Collection Bendigo & Disitrict RSL Museum and Eaglehawk Heritage Society
Courtesy of Jean Ginton and Dorothy Hammer

  • Jack Grinton
  • Aus soldiers and children
  • Bert with friends
  • Relaxing in huts

The photographs featured in this exhibition were taken with a Kodak Brownie camera during the First World War (1914-18) by two brothers, Jack and Bert Grinton, who fought with the 1st Australian Infantry Force. The negatives had been stored in a shed on the family farm for over 90 years. A camera on the Somme is enhanced by family diaries, medals, postcards and maps.

Free Admission 
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