| Accession Number | AWM2017.274.26 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Paget plate |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres |
| Date made | September 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
The fighting at Pozieres between July and August 1916 resulted in almost 23,000 Australian ...
Description
The fighting at Pozieres between July and August 1916 resulted in almost 23,000 Australian casualties. The village itself was destroyed. Photographers Frank Hurley and Hubert Wilkins often walked the site of the former village during their visits to the British War Office photograph censor in 1917. Of the area, then covered by wild flowers, Hurley remarked following one of their visits: “one was beyond the war afflicted zone – (it being only about 30 miles away!!) and there was nothing whatever to convey any warlike impressions – everything was so quiet and peaceful”. The fighting returned to this area in March 1918, and the graves pictured here were likely lost.
This is a glass Paget plate lantern slide of original Paget plate negative E03036 and P03631.216.