| Accession Number | C01223 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain, Park House |
| Date made | July 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Members of the Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) working on a potato patch at a camp on the ...
Description
Members of the Australian Army Service Corps (AASC) working on a potato patch at a camp on the Salisbury Plain. Soldiers were encouraged to grow vegetables to supplement their rations owing to food shortages resulting from the German submarine attacks on merchant shipping.