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Accession Number | E00985 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original negative other |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres |
Date made | 12 October 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Troops of the 5th Division walking along a winding duckboard, known as Jabber Track, through the ...
Description
Troops of the 5th Division walking along a winding duckboard, known as Jabber Track, through the waterlogged and sodden valleys in Albania Woods, in the Ypres sector. On this date, the 3rd and 4th Division were engaged in the attack on Passchendaele Ridge, seen in the distance. Identified, along the duckboard, right to left: unidentified; Private (Pte) N Jewell (cigarette in mouth); Pte A Cranston; second from the front is Corporal Wiley.