Accession Number | E03645 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | France: Picardie, Aisne |
Date made | 13 October 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
The 26th Battery of Australian Field Artillery at Brancourt in readiness to move on to support ...
Description
The 26th Battery of Australian Field Artillery at Brancourt in readiness to move on to support the British attack on the Oise-Sambre Canal. Although the whole of the Australian Infantry had been withdrawn on 7 October, and taken to rest areas behind Amiens, the Artillery of the Australian Corps continued until the Armistice, in support of the troops who had taken over the Australian Front. Identified: Corporal H. Rogers, Shoeing Smith (1); Saddler Moran (2); Bombardier E. Shipway (3); S. R. Russell, Shoeing Smith (4); Gunner (Gnr) K. Grieves (5); unidentified (6); Dvr Oversley (7); Gnr Bull (8).