View of the village of Daours and Hill 104, taken from the Amiens-Villers Bretonneux road. Hill ...

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Accession Number E05296
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative panorama
Maker Jackson, Cyril James
Place made France: Picardie, Somme
Date made February-August 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

View of the village of Daours and Hill 104, taken from the Amiens-Villers Bretonneux road. Hill 104 figured heavily in the struggle for Villers Bretonneux in April 1918 when German forces siezed the village. This panorama is one of a series taken by the Australian War Records Section. The original is a 10 inch x 34 inch long 'Cirkut' camera nitrate negative.