Accession Number | P10550.006 |
---|---|
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original postcard negative |
Maker |
Thuillier, Louis |
Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Vignacourt |
Date made | c 1916-1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives, taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.
Description
Group portrait of three unidentified Australian soldiers wearing sheepskin vests. Sheep or goatskin vests were issued in the winter of 1916-17 as it was the coldest winter, on the Somme, for over a decade.
From the Thuillier collection of glass plate negatives. Taken by Louis and Antoinette Thuillier in Vignacourt, France during the period 1916 to 1918.