225 Private J Johnson (left), and 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), both members of the 3rd ...

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Accession Number E00109
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille, Armentieres
Date made December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

225 Private J Johnson (left), and 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), both members of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, typical Australians, greet the photographer through a shell hole in one of the ruined houses of Armentieres. This house was situated at Rue Belfort, 15 Armentieres. Bricks and rubble were salvaged from these ruins for building gun emplacements and putting down horse lines during the winter of 1916.