Visiting the front line trenches held by the 39th Battalion at Houplines, are: left to right: Mr ...

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Accession Number E00087
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass transparency (positive)
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Houplines, France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Houplines
Date made December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Visiting the front line trenches held by the 39th Battalion at Houplines, are: left to right: Mr H C Smart, Brigadier General W Ramsay McNicoll, and Mr C E W Bean. The party is looking towards the German lines. On the left and behind Mr Bean can be seen the reinforced trenches and the sandbags.