Troops lining up for an issue of clean clothes at the 5th Australian Divisional Bathhouse. At ...

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Accession Number E02310
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Daours
Date made 21 May 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Troops lining up for an issue of clean clothes at the 5th Australian Divisional Bathhouse. At regular intervals when out of the line, bathing parades were held, and after a hot bath the soldiers were supplied with clean underwear. Men being bathed were details from 15th Infantry Brigade. At left, behind the counter, is 4418 Private Leslie Thomas Quinlan and at right, standing at end of line, is 8281 Driver Henry Harris of 29th Australian Army Services Corps.