The Signal Office and Headquarters of the 4th Australian Divisional Signalling Company on the ...

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Vaulx
Accession Number E00646
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Vaulx
Date made 20 May 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The Signal Office and Headquarters of the 4th Australian Divisional Signalling Company on the Vaulx-Beugny Road. A despatch rider is seen leaving for the forward units with a basket containing carrier pigeons. Note the bicycle on the right and the soldier leaning against the sandbags in the background and the soldier standing in the doorway.