A cellar in the ruins of a house used as a headquarters by the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, ...

Accession Number E01902
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Nieuport-Bains
Date made October 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

A cellar in the ruins of a house used as a headquarters by the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, whilst employed with the British troops in that sector during the latter part of 1917. Captain F G Phippard of the unit is seen at the entrance to the dugout with Mr Malcolm Ross, the New Zealand War Correspondent (right).

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