British soldier wearing a French IndoChinese sun hat on armistice day 1918

[battle gear]

here's an unusual sight, a British soldier is seen marching in celebration on armistice day 1918 wearing what appears to be a conical sun hat from a French IndoChinese soldier, he probably traded his hat with a French Indo China soldier for the Vietnamese hat.

I spotted this while watching

the WWI Documentary "The Last Voices of WWI A Generation Lost" Disc 2 Episode 6 The Boys of 1918

Annamese (colonial troops from French Indochina) disembarking at Camp Saint-Raphael. Over the course of the war, nearly 100,000 Indochinese were deployed in Europe, most as laborers

[bourguignotte]

Hello,

Very interesting and uncomon photo
Thanks for the sharing

Bruno