A stretch of countryside seen from the Hermies Railway Station, showing Doignes in the distance ...

Accession Number E01373
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, Doignies
Date made 28 November 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

A stretch of countryside seen from the Hermies Railway Station, showing Doignes in the distance (left). This is the area over which the 5th Division advanced in the attack of 2 April 1917. Note the rolls of wire and the timber stakes on the far left. This is the left hand image in a two part panorama. See E01373P for the combined image.