The Regimental Aid Post of the 15th Battalion, in the Ypres Sector, which was previously a German ...

Accession Number E00900
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres
Date made 26 September 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The Regimental Aid Post of the 15th Battalion, in the Ypres Sector, which was previously a German medical station, captured during the advance of Australian troops in this area. When the position was taken over a German doctor was attending to several wounded men. Identified, left to right: 8220 Private (Pte) W C Taylor; Captain S V O'Regan MC, Regimental Medical Officer; unidentified; 7851 Corporal (Cpl) C P Bull attached from 4th Field Ambulance); Cpl W F Barry; Pte J Shearer; unidentified. Note the large pool of water in the foreground.