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Accession Number | E00171 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass transparency (positive) |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Longueval |
Date made | January 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
An unidentified Australian soldier attempting to obtain a drink under a frozen tank. The winter ...
Description
An unidentified Australian soldier attempting to obtain a drink under a frozen tank. The winter of 1916-1917 was the first winter the Australians experienced in France and its severity served to harden the troops for the equally bitter campaigns that followed it.