Accession Number | E04487 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines |
Date made | 22 January 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
An outdoors informal group portrait of unidentified soldiers, some members of 2nd Division ...
Description
An outdoors informal group portrait of unidentified soldiers, some members of 2nd Division standing outside the entrance to the Catacombs in Hill 63. The Catacombs were a system of tunnels of considerable length, fitted to accommodate over 1,000 men. A wooden silhouette of a kangaroo is attached to the tunnel entrance which is signposted 'Plumer Road'.