A sandbagged trench leading to the entrance of a tunnel (background, left). During June and July ...

Accession Number E04506
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Nieuport-Bains
Date made 14 November 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A sandbagged trench leading to the entrance of a tunnel (background, left). During June and July 1917 the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, attached to the 1st British Division, were engaged in constructing the defensive works in the Nieuport area. Note a group of unidentified soldiers standing outside the entrance to the tunnel.

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