Lest we forget | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

A message from mother to son, Darcy who was born on Anzac day 1996. She wants to explain to him that his father left, but that is not his fault and that she is always there for him.

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ACMI Identifier

B1002829

Holdings

CD ROM; Master

CD ROM; Copy

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