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Accession Number | E02866 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
Place made | France |
Date made | 10 August 1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A photograph taken in the morning, during the Australian advance towards Lihons, showing members ...
Description
A photograph taken in the morning, during the Australian advance towards Lihons, showing members of the 6th Battalion resting in an old trench. The Battalion had sustained very heavy casualties in the attack upon the Crepy Wood position, and this little group, found themselves without officers and in charge of the staff-sergeant on top of the bank, who is making a check roll call. Left to right, sitting on the bank: Sergeant (Sgt) Hunt: Quartermaster Sergeant Kirby; Sgt Ward. Front row, in the trench: unidentified; unidentified; Tullock, on the right (leaning).