| Accession Number | E01279 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Broodseinde, Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Broodseinde, Broodseinde Ridge |
| Date made | 14 October 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Looking from Helles, across Retaliation Farm to Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector. In the ...
Description
Looking from Helles, across Retaliation Farm to Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector. In the trench, left to right: first three men are unidentified; 5709 Private (Pte) Charles Lumb (wounded in action on 16 October 1917 and returned to Australia for discharge on 6 July 1918); unidentified (behind Lumb); Pte J. Williams; Pte S. Morrison; Pte J. O'Brien; unidentified; 2131 Pte Charles Buchan, stretcher bearer, A Company (mentioned in Army Routine Orders in July 1917 for gallant services, killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France, on 8 August 1918, aged 45 years). All are members of the 60th Battalion.