An ammunition wagon of the 112th Howitzer Battery of Australian Field Artillery, returning to the ...

Places
Accession Number E02932
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bray Proyart Area, Morcourt
Date made 14 August 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

An ammunition wagon of the 112th Howitzer Battery of Australian Field Artillery, returning to the wagon lines after conveying ammunition to the guns on 12th Army Brigade, which were behind the bank near the top of the hill on the left. The dugouts in the lower terrace of Morcourt Gully were occupied by members of the 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion. Drivers on ammunition wagon, left to right: Driver (Dvr) Ramsay, Dvr Gale, Dvr Thomas.