Unidentified Australian soldiers engaged in collecting broken bricks and masonry for road making ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Mametz
Accession Number E00161
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Mametz
Date made January 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Unidentified Australian soldiers engaged in collecting broken bricks and masonry for road making near Mametz Wood. The men are wearing balaclavas, beanies and sheepskin vests to ward off the cold.