Building in Nieuwkerke, Belgium used by Australian Y.M.C.A. (1917)

This lantern slide, “Building in Nieuwkerke, Belgium used by Australian Y.M.C.A. (1917),” shows the outside of a brewery in Nieuwkerke, Beligum. Nieuwkerke (French: Neuve-Église) is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, a municipality of Heuvelland. It is located only 15km away from Ypres and therefore experienced the full impact of the fighting that occurred throughout West Flanders. The dividing line between the German and Allied troops ran through this area during 1917 and 1918. Due to the town’s close proximity to the frontline, the Allied Field Ambulances and fighting units... Mehr ...