Y.M.C.A. Lounge in Charleroi, Belgium (1919)

This lantern slide, “Y.M.C.A. Lounge in Charleroi, Belgium (c. 1918),” shows depicts the lounge of the Y.M.C.A. in Charleroi Belgium. The room is packed with soldiers and Y.M.C.A. war workers. Australian Y.M.C.A. representatives in the image include Captain Frank Richard Edward Mauldon (standing on the left side of the doorway, rear of room) and Lieutenant F. R. G. Sanders. Charleroi was one of the principal commercial cities of Belgium during World War I, and it is located along the Sambre River, the city was a major battlefield in World War I. During World War I, the Australian Y.M.C.A poole... Mehr ...