An unidentified Australian soldier (left rear) checking the bodies of dead Germans scattered ...

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Accession Number A00791
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Date made June 1917
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 Australian soldier (left rear) checking the bodies of dead Germans scattered outside a concrete pillbox. The enemy were among the hundreds killed when underground mines were detonated by the allies during the battle of Messines.