Australian troops engaged in constructing breast works near the Somme village, where the surface ...

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Accession Number E02111
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Buire-sur-l'Ancre
Date made 18 April 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Australian troops engaged in constructing breast works near the Somme village, where the surface was too near the water level to permit the digging of trenches.