German prisoners, captured by the Australians in the opening phase of their renewed attack on ...

Accession Number E00491
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt
Date made 3 May 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

German prisoners, captured by the Australians in the opening phase of their renewed attack on Bullecourt, on 3 May 1917, returning near Vaulx on their way to the prisoners' cage. Close to this point was a dressing station for the reception of men wounded in the operations. A motor ambulance with a prominent red cross painted on its roof is passing by.

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