Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Morshead DSO, standing on the steps of the 33rd Battalion Headquarters ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Accession Number E02390
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Date made 5 April 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Morshead DSO, standing on the steps of the 33rd Battalion Headquarters (HQ) the day following the great German assault on Villers-Bretonneux, when the 33rd Battalion played a conspicuous part in the defence. The HQ had been half wrecked by a shell.