| Accession Number | E00629 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 6 June 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Included in the thorough preparations for the battle of Messines in Belgium, which took place on ...
Description
Included in the thorough preparations for the battle of Messines in Belgium, which took place on 7 June 1917, was a large contour ground map, a battlefield model, made for the purpose of giving the troops a good knowledge of the country over which they had to attack. This photograph, taken on 6 June, shows members of the 14th Battalion studying their course of action in the forthcoming operations. Identified, left to right, are: 5756 Private (Pte) T W Avery (sitting); 6479 Pte D B McHale (standing); 442 Pte R Eddy (sitting, cigarette in mouth); 6767 Pte J W Linder (died of wounds 20 August 1918) (standing behind Eddy); 3346 Corporal E A Henderson (standing, to the right of Linder, in centre of photograph).