A view of the exterior of a chateau which during the Somme campaign in 1918 was occupied as a ...

Accession Number E04883
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Querrieu
Date made 17 May 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

A view of the exterior of a chateau which during the Somme campaign in 1918 was occupied as a headquarters by various brigades. Two soldiers looking over a pile of shovels and planks, near the horse drawn vehicles (foreground centre), are being watched by a group of soldiers gathered on the stairs in the background (right).

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