Stretchers bearers resting behind a concrete pillbox near Zonnebeke, whilst bringing back men ...

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Zonnebeke
Accession Number E01204
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Zonnebeke
Date made 12 October 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

Stretchers bearers resting behind a concrete pillbox near Zonnebeke, whilst bringing back men wounded in the fighting at Passchendaele, in the Ypres sector. Identified: Private (Pte) W T Lucas, resting against the bottom left corner of the pillbox; Pte V E Reid, third from left resting against left side of pillbox; Pte W E Blaskett, fifth man from right, standing upright. Note the pillbox is identified as 'Jury'.