Three unidentified members of an Australian burial party standing over the mangled bodies of ...

Accession Number E04773
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Date made 26 April 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Three unidentified members of an Australian burial party standing over the mangled bodies of German prisoners. The prisoners, killed the previous morning when a German shell burst among them while being escorted to a prisoner of war cage, were captured at Villers Bretonneux on 24-25 April. This was during the night counter attack by the 13th and 15th Australian Infantry Brigades that succeeded in driving out the German forces and recapturing the town.

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