Ref: DR20341
- £175.00
China. (Chinese Labour Force). 1918. Picture post card of 'Cours du XXX, Juillet et les Allees de Tourny, Bordeaux' addressed to Var cancelled by Cauderan/ Gironde date stamp '12th Mars 18' (double strike) with circular 'Association des Dames Francaise/ Cauderan/ Hopital/ Auxiliiaire 219/ Indo - Chine' in violet on face.
One of the darker aspects of World War 1 was the plight of 12,000 Chinese workers who were recruited by the British Army from the North of China in 1916 to serve on the battle front in France as Labourers, trench diggers, munitions carriers, mine disarmers, and corpse bearers often under inhumane conditions. A large number were also struck down by the devastating Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.
