View of the ruins of an old German concrete dugout at Messines, in Belgium. Inside the shelter ...

Accession Number E01485
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Date made 25 January 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

View of the ruins of an old German concrete dugout at Messines, in Belgium. Inside the shelter were several human remains, and the pool in the foreground (not in view) was discoloured by the blood of several dead bodies within it.

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