Somewhere in France; [untitled]

The French village of Selles is surrounded by a fence and partially hidden by trees. Verso is a pen and ink sketch of a man's head. Charles Robert Blucher was born in Rochester, South Australia. He enlisted 7 February 1916 at the age of 21 years and 11 months. He joined the 43rd Battalion and left South Australia on 9 June 1916 on HMAT "Africa". While fighting in major attacks on the Western Front including the battle of Messines, the Third battle of Ypres where he was wounded in action, he made sketches of the French surroundings for Australian Military Head Quarters. During the German Spring offensive in 1918, the newly promoted Corporal Blucher sustained wounds, but remained at duty with his battalion. On 4 July 1918 during General Monash's attack on Hamel, Blucher was wounded in action and transferred to the collecting post of the 13th Field Ambulance. He died later that day of the wounds he received and initially buried in Hamelet, he was later buried in the Australian military cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux.

Corporal Blucher was carrying this drawing with him at the time of his death.