This lantern slide, “Australian Y.M.C.A. with A.I.F. (1918),” shows a map listing the locations of the Australian Y.M.C.A. and Australian Infantry Forces between April 5, 1918 and September 2, 1918. The image was prepared by the Australian Y.M.C.A and covers the Somme region in France. During World War I, the Australian Y.M.C.A pooled their resources with the United States, Canada, England, and New Zealand to form the International Hospitality League, which provided social services to all Allied troops.
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Notes:
From January 1918 to April 1921, 826,338 men were dealt with by Y.M.C.A. street patrols; 1,195,496 were welcome in the social rooms; 55,008 provided with free hospitality and entertainment in private homes; thousands of men were taken from the streets and assisted to their quarters; 301,548 were kept from the temptations of the streets by free entertainments in theatres and other places of amusement; and 170,637 were piloted round historic London by honorary guides. This slide is part of Springfield College’s collection of lantern slides depicting Australian Y.M.C.A. war work during World War I.
Some deterioration; Text on border reads, "Australian Y.M.C.A. Historical Record Section; Aust. Y.M.C.A. Showing Operation in 1918."
Part of the Australian Y.M.C.A. WWI Lantern Slide Series
