Collection related to the service of 704 Ernest Charles Barnes

Accession Number C00439
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Ernest Charles
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Hermies
Date made June 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

Group portrait of five gunners from the 102nd Howitzer Battery outside their dugout at the battery position in northern France. The roof of the dugout is camouflaged with netting, while the front is protected with sheets of corrugated iron. 5296 Gunner William Ambrose Hayes from Wandong in Victoria, is at back row far left. The remaining men are unidentified. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.)