Collection related to the service of Captain Charles Mills

Accession Number A01546
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Bethune, Fleurbaix
Date made 20 July 1916
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 prisoners of war arriving at the German collecting station on the morning of 20 July during the Battle of Fleurbaix which took place on 19 July 1916 and 20 July 1916. The German officer, second from the right with hand to breast, gave this photo with others, to Captain C Mills of the 31st Battalion at Berlin after the armistice.

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