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File:Recovering soldiers play basketball (3017155746).jpg

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English: The players in the game seem happy and excited. It is unusual to see men and women interacting in images in this collection, making this scene all the more arresting.

W.A.A.C. stands for Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. The W.A.A.C.s in France have responded to a suggestion that they should in their spare time assist in the recovery of convalescent soldiers in hospitals in France, by inviting them to W.A.A.C. camps to take part in sports. Basket Ball.']

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Author National Library of Scotland
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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • War
  • Military Photo Pool
  • World War I
  • The Great War 1914 - 1918
  • The British Military
  • The Great War Archive Flickr Group
  • British Army
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  • sir
  • general
  • scotland
  • national
  • library
  • nls
  • national library of scotland
  • netball
  • basket
  • ball
  • basketball
  • fun
  • game
  • women
  • scots
  • waac
  • women's
  • auxiliary
  • army
  • corp
  • soldiers
  • kilt
  • hospital
  • net
  • tent
  • nls:dodid 74548618
  • nls:derivative 74407166
  • nls:dodprojectid 74462370
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  • owner:name nationallibraryofscotland
  • organization:library nationallibraryofscotland
  • The Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
Camera location46° 42′ 44.81″ N, 1° 43′ 05.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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