An Australian officer in a well constructed trench on Hill 63, viewing through a periscope the ...

Accession Number E00472
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Messines
Date made 5 June 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

An Australian officer in a well constructed trench on Hill 63, viewing through a periscope the ridge and village of Messines, twelve hours prior to the opening of the long prepared battle, which was to win the position from the enemy.

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