An Australian lieutenant, remembering the traps left by the Germans on their retirement in ...

Accession Number E00383
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France
Date made March 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

An Australian lieutenant, remembering the traps left by the Germans on their retirement in February and March 1917, and to which some of our troops fell victims, questions whether the helmet and clock on a window sill are harmless souvenirs or a booby trap.

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