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Accession Number | E00825 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative |
Maker |
Hurley, James Francis (Frank) |
Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Menin Road, Garter Point |
Date made | 27 September 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Soldiers of the 45th Battalion wearing gas respirators in a trench at Garter Point, in the Ypres ...
Description
Soldiers of the 45th Battalion wearing gas respirators in a trench at Garter Point, in the Ypres Sector. Identified, foreground working back: 2146 Corporal H Davis; 3696 Private (Pte) Thomas J Barrow; 5330 Pte Arthur Benfell. (Note by Sergeant A Brooksbank, Gas NCO, 10th Australian Infantry Brigade: 'Alert' and 'Alternative Alert' positions of wearing respirator haversack of small box respirator of modern practical utility).