Colonel M Wilder-Neligan DSO DCM, on horseback, leading a parade of the 9th Battalion through a ...

Accession Number E04575
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Hazebrouck
Date made 10 August 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Colonel M Wilder-Neligan DSO DCM, on horseback, leading a parade of the 9th Battalion through a town street past General Birdwood (not visible). The battalion is en route to the Ypres front. Several civilian onlookers, including children, are visible. The building on the left, Estaminet Wyart-Roussez, is a bar.

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