Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. The ...

Accession Number E03102K
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Chuignolles
Date made 29 August 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. The wrecked carriage of the German 15 inch naval gun near Chuignolles, with members of the 12th Mobile Artillery alongside. Identified is Sergeant G. L. E. Davies (standing by himself beside the gun) (1). Also known to be in the group around the barrel of the gun: 1907 Driver David McKinley, killed in action 3 October 1918 at Joncourt (27); 1917 Gunner (Gnr) J. C. Robertson (28); 21469 Gnr Percy Davies (29); 34625 Gnr L. S. Hudson, evacuated 17 October 1918 suffering from gas (30).

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