An unidentified Lieutenant observing the graves of two Australian gunners near a ruined train ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Accession Number P02911.090
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker King, Robert C
Place made France: Picardie, Somme
Date made 1918-1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An unidentified Lieutenant observing the graves of two Australian gunners near a ruined train station. The grave at right is that of 3069 Corporal Harry James, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, who was killed in action on 26 April 1918. Note the French soldiers on the far left, and the pile of artillery shells on the ground at centre.