An Australian soldier, 244 Driver F W Stephenson, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, with a ...

Accession Number E00668
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original whole plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Morbecque
Date made 29 August 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 soldier, 244 Driver F W Stephenson, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion, with a pack horse loaded with a machine gun at the Australian Pack Training School at Morbecque. This method of transport was being developed in anticipation of the subsequent operations in the Ypres salient.

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