Two members of the 8th Battalion manning the recently improved Biscuit Trench. Facing the camera ...

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Accession Number E00103
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Gueudecourt
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

Two members of the 8th Battalion manning the recently improved Biscuit Trench. Facing the camera is 803 Corporal (later Sergeant) A Lawton of C Company and on the right is Lieutenant (later Adjutant) A D Temple MC, Lewis Gun Officer. At the time German troops were located 300 yards away.