| Places | |
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| Accession Number | E01860 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Le Sars |
| Date made | 24 March 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The German offensive began on 21 March 1918, its full weight falling upon the extended British ...
Description
The German offensive began on 21 March 1918, its full weight falling upon the extended British line near its junction with that of the French. This was far south of the sector held by the Australian Corps. Here men of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, which happened to be behind the sector attacked, wait near Le Sars, on the old Somme battlefield, for transport in which to move their equipment. Identified in the foreground, left to right: Driver J. Plummer (with cigarette in mouth); 553 Sapper David Archibald Fanner (foreground); Corporal S. Blight (behind Fanner).