Australian troops man a 9.2in Howitzer of the 2nd Australian Siege Battery (55th Australian Siege ...

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Accession Number E00691
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Voormezeele
Date made September 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian troops man a 9.2in Howitzer of the 2nd Australian Siege Battery (55th Australian Siege Artillery Battery) in action near Ypres. Note the camouflage netting. Identified, left to right: Nelson; 189 H Bothwell; Renn; Grant; 570 G Ried (?Reid); 214 A V McMullen; 693 Gunner E Jay.